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Extends to the world an ever- standing 
and insistent invitation to avail itself of 
her wealth of opportunities for health, 
happiness and prosperity. 

For wholesale and distributing houses 
and industrial enterprises, Savannah 
offers advantages and facilities which 
are unrivaled. 



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jj|j most favorable conditions, the fertile 

soils and uniform climate of Chatham 
County offer unlimited possibilities. 

Savannah is essentially a city of homes. Fanned in 
summer by soft winds from the nearby ocean and 
blessed in winter with Indian summer days, Savan- 
nah has a climate which leaves nothing to be desired. 

To the interior residents of Georgia and South Caro- 
lina, desirous of establishing summer-homes on the 
salts, the coasts and inland shores of Savannah offer 
many desirable and attractive opportunities. 

To the shivering residents of the frozen North and 
West, in search of winter-homes, Savannah should 
irresistably appeal. 

Many desirable and attractive locations for winter- 
homes, both in the city and on the shores of inland 
waters, have been recently developed and are now 
on the market. 

To the tourist, Savannah, with her modern hotels, 
unexcelled automobile roads, golf links, and hunting 
and fishing facilities, is wonderfully attractive. 






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EARLY HISTORY 



Colony of Georgia in America, charter granted June, 
1732, by George II, in whose honor the colony was 
named. On 17th November, 1732, Gen. James Oglethorpe, 
with about 125 colonists, sailed from England and landed 
13th January, 1733, at Charleston, S. C. From there they 
went to Beaufort and found temporary lodgement in 
the new barracks of His Majesty's Independent Company. 
Gen. Oglethorpe, accompanied by William Bull, a civil 
engineer of South Carolina, left Beaufort in a small 
sailing vessel in search of a site for the establishment 
of the new colony. They selected a site on the west 
bank of the Savannah river, a peaceful settlement occu- 
pied by the Yamacraw Indians. Oglethorpe made a 
treaty with Tomo-chi-chi, the chief, for the land, and 
named the site Savannah, after the river upon whose banks 
the first settlement in Georgia was situated. The name 
Savannah is from the Sawannos or Savannahs, a native 
tribe dwelling upon the banks of the river. Oglethorpe 
and William Bull returned to the waiting colonists in 
Beaufort, and on the 1st February, 1733, O. S. (12th 
February, N. S.) the 125 colonists under the personal 
leadership of Oglethorpe, landed at Savannah. Gen. 
Oglethorpe's tent was pitched on the bluff, under four 
pine trees, which spot served as the rallying point of the 
settlement. The spot occupied by Oglethorpe's tent has 
been marked by the erection of a granite seat, placed 
there I2th February, 1906, by the Georgia Society, Colonial 
Dames of America. It is on Bay street between Bull 
and Whitaker, to the west of the City Hall. The colony 
of Georgia was intended to be a silk-growing colony, but 
this enterprise was never very successful. Some of the 
original mulberry trees are still to be seen in the eastern 
part of the city, near East Broad street, and Bay street. 
Gen. Oglethorpe, with the assistance of Mr. Bull, laid 
out the city witli large squares for market and other 



public purposes, wide and regular streets crossing each 
other at regular intervals and shaded by noble trees. The 
southern limit of the city was South Broad street (now 
Oglethorpe avenue), and here on trees, at intervals, planks 
were nailed, one side painted white, the other red, to 
show the people the limit of their territory. All beyond 
belonged to the Indians. The white side for the white 
man, the red side for the red man. 

Even in these early days the pride of Savannah were 
her beautiful trees, especial care being taken of the 
Pride of India. A committee was appointed to look after 
the trees, and this may have been the beginning of the 
Park and Tree Commission — only under a different name. 

Savannah was very active during the war of the 
Revolution and did her full share towards securing free- 
dom during the struggle for independence. A Georgia 
schooner was the first commissioned American vessel and 
made the first capture of the war off Tybee Island — 16,000 
pounds of powder (see account under Tybee Island). 
"Liberty Boys," young men who formed themselves into 
military companies, for the protection of the colony, held 
their meetings at Tondee's Tavern, which was on the 
northwest corner of Whitaker and Broughton streets, and 
in front of this Tavern stood the first liberty pole erected 
in Georgia, which was elevated 5th June, 1775. In 1899 
a bronze tablet, bearing the following inscription, was 
placed upon the eastern side of the building now occupy- 
ing the site of Tondee's Tavern: 

ON THIS SITE 

STOOD IN COLONIAL TIMES 

TONDEE'S TAVERN 

WHERE GATHERED 

THE SONS OF LIBERTY. 

Erected By 
The Georgia Society, Colonial Dames of America. 

1899. 

"In the war between the States Savannah was the 
key to the Georgia coast, and was closely watched by 
the Federal forces. The ordinance of secession was 
framed in Savannah, and it was here that the flag of 



the Confederate States was first hoisted in Georgia. The 
port was closed to commerce from 1861 to 1865. The 
most important events of the war occurring in the vicinity 
were the capture of Fort Pulaski, April 10, 1862, and the 
reduction of Fort McAllister, 12th December, 1864. Pu- 
laski, situated so as to command both channels of the 
entrance-way from the sea, had been built with great 
care, and it was believed to be impregnable, but rifled 
cannon, then a novelty in warfare, and the superior re- 
sources of the Federal forces, accomplished its surrender 
in twenty-seven hours. After the fall of Pulaski there 
were numerous encounters on land and sea, but there was 
no general engagement of the hostile armies until Sherman 
invested the city, 11th December, 1864, after his famous 
"march to the sea" with 60,000 infantry, 6,000 cavalry and 
numerous batteries of seige guns. Along the coast was 
a fleet of ironclads and other war vessels, awaiting the 
establishment of communication with Sherman's forces 
to co-operate with him in the seige. Opposed to these 
Gen. Hardee had, within the city and its defenses, 10,000 
men. Fort McAllister had withstood three attempts to 
silence it, and it had to be taken. Sherman cautiously 
enveloped the defenses of the city so as to completely 
isolate the fort and then sent nine regiments to take it. 
The fort was held by a garrison of 150 men. It was 
captured after a desperate fight. The capture of Fort 
McAllister was the conquest of Savannah. The city was 
evacuated 20th December, 1864, and surrendered the next 
day. Shortly after the fall of the city Lee and Johnston 
surrendered, and the war ended." 



CENSUS SAVANNAH. 

Year. Population. 

1800 5,166 

1810 5,215 

1-320 7,523 

1830 7,776 

1840 11,214 

1850 15,312 

1860 22,292 

1870 28,235 

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1880 30,709 

1890 '. 43,189 

1900 54,000 

1909 *81,00() 

Compiled from United States Census, except 1909. 

*City Directory. 

BANKS 

Chatham Bank, 27 Bull street. 

Citizens and Southern Bank of Savannah, 22 Bull 
street. 

Citizens and Southern Bank (Branch), Liberty and 
Montgomery streets. 

Commercial Bank of Savannah, 18 Drayton street. 

Exchange Bank of Savannah, 8-10 East Bryan street. 

Germania Bank, Bull and Congress streets. 

Hibernia Bank of Savannah, 19 East Bay street. 

Merchants National Bank, St. Julian and Drayton 
streets. 

National Bank of Savannah, Broughton and Bull 
streets. 

Oglethorpe Saving and Trust Company, 8 West 
Broughton street. 

Savannah Bank and Trust Company, 13 East Bay 
street. 

BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS 

Chatham Real Estate and Improvement Company, 14 
East Bryan street. 

Georgia State Saving Association, 136 Bull street. 

People's Saving and Loan Company of Savannah, 22 
West Congress street. 

Realty Improvement and Trust Company, 10 Drayton 
street. 

BOARDING HOUSES 

Mrs. Sarah B. Boyd, 229 Barnard street (Orleans 

Square). Phone 836-J. 

Mrs. C. S. Connerat, 326 Barnard street. Phone 
3 166- J. 

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Mrs. M. S. Cunningham, 236 East Oglethorpe avenue. 
Phone 4244. 

Mrs. A. F. Dixon, 3 West Gordon street. Phone 1810. 

Miss E. G. Ganahl, 32 East Taylor. Phone 1588- J. 

Mrs. William Hunter, 224 East Oglethorpe avenue. 
Phone 3384-L. 

Miss Ellen McAlpin, 817 Whitaker street. Phone 2189. 

Mrs. S. H. Oemler, 14 West Taylor street. Phone 
3305. 

Mrs. J. R. West, 326 Bull street. Phone 3217. 

Mrs. J. B. Withers, 12 West Taylor street. Phone 
4349. 



CEMETERIES 

Bonaventure 

Bonaventure was first settled in or about the year 
1760 by Col. John Mulryne, an Englishman, who removed 
from Charleston to Savannah. The first house, a large 
brick one, facing the old garden, was erected at that 
time. The garden extended in terraces from the plateau 
to the river, the terraces being supported by blocks of 
tabby. The house was destroyed by fire during a dinner 
entertainment. The roof taking fire first, all hope of 
saving the building being abandoned, the owner ordered 
the dinner to be removed to the lawn under the trees. It 
was there finished while the house burnt to the ground. 
In 1761 this property came into the possession of the 
Tattnall family, through the marriage of Josiah Tattnall, 
of Charleston, with Mary, the daughter of Col. Johiv 
Mulryne. "This marriage is of peculiar interest in the 
history of Bonaventure, since from it dates the avenues 
of magnificent trees which form the pride and chief feature 
of interest of the place. They were planted about that 
time and a tradition has it, in the form of the letters- 
M. and T., the initials of the families Mulryne and 
Tattnall." In the year 1847 this property passed by pur- 
chase into the hands of Capt. Peter Wiltberger, who had 
long associated the quiet and peace of the place as a 
resting place for the departed of this earth. Circumstances 
prevented for a time the executing of this wish, but it 
was taken up by his son, Maj. W. H. Wiltberger, and 



the formation of the Evergreen Cemetery Company in 
1869 was the result of his efforts. In 1908 the city 
bought the cemetery from the above company and has 
already done much towards enlarging and beautifying it. 
The first adult buried in Bonaventure was the wife of 
Gov. Tattnall, who died there in 1803. "Amongst the 
historical incidents of the place is the rescue of Gov. 
Wright by Col. Mulryne during the Revolutionary War. 
Col. Mulryne, a stanch Whig, disapproved of the Declara- 
tion of Independence, and when the patriots confined Gov. 
Wright in Savannah, Col. Mulryne hastened to his rescue 
and conveyed him to Bonaventure until the Governor 
could be placed on board of an English man-of-war lying 
in the river. Col. Mulryne left the country with the 
Governor and died at Nassau, New Providence. It is 
also historic that the French, after their unsuccessful 
attack on Savannah, fell back to Bonaventure and there 
re-embarked many of their wounded, burying a number 
of their dead on the place." Upon the outbreak of the 
Revolution, Josiah Tattnall, with his two sons, John and 
Josiah, sought a home in England, maintaining allegiance 
to the English crown. The family estates in Georgia were 
confiscated. "By a remarkable revolution of the political 
wheel, eighty-four years after, the personal property of 
Commodore Tattnall, the grandson of Josiah Tattnall, 
was confiscated by the Federal government, because he 
refused to remain in the service of the United States 
and take up arms against the State of Georgia." Before 
the end of the Revolutionary War, Josiah, Jr., then a 
youth of 18 years, requested his father to allow him to 
return to Georgia. Being refused permission, he, how- 
ever, succeeded in leaving England and in reaching Geor- 
gia, where he joined the army of Gen. Nathanial Greene. 
In appreciation of his services, Georgia restored a portion 
of the family estates, including his birthplace, Bonaven- 
ture. He was one of Georgia's most distinguished sons, 
the highest honors, both civil and military, being be- 
stowed upon him. He was the third Captain of the 
Chatham Artillery, Colonel of the First Georgia Regiment, 
Brigadier General of the First Brigade of Georgia Militia, 
member of the Legislature, member of Congress and 
Governor of Georgia. He died at the age of 36, in 1804, 



and lies buried beneath (he ancestral live oaks in Bona- 
venture. 

Josiah Tattnall, son of Gov. Tattnall, was born at 
Bonaventure in 1795 and died in Savannah 1871. He en- 
tered the United States navy in 1812, served until 1861, 
when he resigned his Captaincy in the United States navy 
and became a Captain, afterwards a Commodore, in the 
Confederate navy. For distinguished services during the 
war with Mexico he received from Georgia a sword and 
a vote of thanks. This sword is now in the Confederate 
Museum in Richmond, Va., but is perpetuated in marble 
on his tomb. Commodore Tattnall made use of the 
proverb, "Blood is thicker than water" in a dispatch to 
the Navy Department in June, 1859, to justify his assist- 
ance of the British fleet in the Peiko. He did not, how- 
ever, as is often supposed, originate the expression. It 
is found in Ray's "Collection of English proverbs" pub- 
lished 1672. Bonn's Handbook classes it with Scotch 
proverbs. 

Sir Patrick Houstoun, whose remains were removed 
from the old cemetery to Bonaventure, lies buried on 
the same avenue, but nearer the river, than the Tattnall 
lot. The Hodgson and Telfair lot is also in this vicinity, 
towards the west. Among the distinguished citizens of 
more recent times who are buried in Bonaventure may 
be mentioned Bishop John W. Beckwith, Episcopal Bishop 
of Georgia; Gen. A. R. Lawton, Gen. Henry R. Jackson, 
Hon. Rufus E. Lester, Gen. Robert Anderson and Col. 
George A. Mercer. 

Catholic Cemetery 

The Catholic Cemetery, situated on the Thunderbolt 
road, two miles from the city, can be reached via the 
Thunderbolt electric cars or by carriage. It was opened 
in August, 1853. The Rt. Rev. F. X. Gartland, first Bishop 
of the Diocese of Savannah, and Bishop Barron of a 
foreign diocese, both victims of the yellow fever in 1854, 
are buried in this cemetery. Here also are buried two 
other Bishops of this diocese, Rt. Rev. John Barry and 

Rt. Rev. Thomas A. Becker. 

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Colonial Park 

Colonial Park, for many years known as the Old 
Cemetery, was closed against interments on July 1st, 1853. 
It was the colonial burial ground, and is full of historic 
interest. It is situated on Abercorn street and Oglethorpe 
avenue, bounded on the east by the barracks and jail. It 
was originally the property of the parish of Christ Church. 
In 1789 it was enlarged and became a "public burial 
ground for the interment of Christian people of whatever 
denomination." On December 23rd, 1872, the city ob- 
tained the care of the old cemetery, from the Old Ceme- 
tery Association, and it was placed under the care of 
the Committee on Squares. On November 6th, 1895, the 
city bought the cemetery for $6,500 from the Vestry of 
Christ Church. It was immediately placed under the 
direction of the Park and Tree Commission, the high 
brick wall removed and the name changed to Colonial 
Park. Over 700 persons were buried here, and a careful 
study of the records proves most interesting. 

The greatest number of deaths occurring in any one 
year was in 1820, forty-nine graves found. October was 
the most fatal month out of the year, during the ninety- 
nine years that the cemetery was used for interments. 

The oldest known date is 1762, being that of William 
Bowen Williamson, aged 42 years. The latest date is 
1861, Marc Honore Paul Pierre Thomasson. 

Among the distinguished men who did so much for 
the history of Georgia and were laid to rest in the Old 
Cemetery may be mentioned Gen. Nathaniel Greene, 
whose remains, with those of his son, were removed from 
the Graham vault in March, 1902, and placed beneath his 
monument in Johnson Square. A bronze tablet was placed 
upon the vault and bears the following inscription: 



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HERE RESTED FOR 114 YEARS 

THE REMAINS OF 

MAJ. GEN. NATHANIEL GREENE. 

BORN IN RHODE ISLAND AUGUST 7, 1742. 

DIED AT MULBERRY GROVE, GEORGIA, 

JUNE 19, 1786. 

II IS REMAINS AND THOSE OF HIS ELDEST SON, 

GEORGE WASHINGTON GREENE, 

NOW LIE UNDER THE MONUMENT IN 'JOHNSON 

SQUARE, THIS CITY. 

The remains of Hugh McCall, Georgia's first historian, 
still repose in the cemetery, and are near the de Kerloquen 
tomb. A most interesting stone is that erected to Dennis 
L. Cottineau de Kerloquen, a naval officer, who served 
under John Paul Jones. This grave is on the Abercorn 
street walk, facing McDonough street, and bears this 
inscription: "Formerly a Lieut, in his late most Christian 
Majesty's Navy, Knight of the Royal and Military Order 
of St. Louis, Captain commanding a ship of war, of the 
United States during their Revolution and a Member of 
the Cincinnati Society." 

Malbone, the gifted young artist, who died while on 
a visit to Savannah, in search of health, lies buried near 
the northwest entrance. The Habersham vault is situated 
near Oglethorpe avenue, about midway between the bar- 
racks and Abercorn street. Within this vault lie the 
remains of James Habersham, the founder of the family 
of the name, the friend and adviser of Oglethorpe, and 
"in connection with Whitfield, one of the founders of 
Bethesda, and for a long time a co-laborer in that good 
and great work." A little to the right of the Habersham 
vault is a monument to Joseph Clay, and nearer Abercorn 
street is the grave of Lachlin Mcintosh, General in the 
War of the Revolution. Several years ago the remains 
of Gen. Mcintosh and other members of his family were 
removed from the family vault and interred in the ground 
not far from the Screven vault. In the vicinity of the 
Habersham vault is a tomb that for many years has 
been a mystery to visitors to the cemetery. It is a tall 
marble pedestal, surmounted by an urn. On each side 
of the pedestal is a coiled serpent, with its tail in its 

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mouth. There is no inscription, nor anything on the 
monument to lead to its identity, and it has long been 
known simply as the "Serpent Monument." Poems have 
been written and stories told of it, but until recently it 
was all conjecture. It is now certain that this monument 
surmounts the Bulloch vault, wherein lie several members 
of the distinguished family. It is known also that Archi- 
bald Bulloch, first President of Georgia, and ancestor 
of ex-President Roosevelt, is buried in the old cemetery, 
but whether in this vault is uncertain. To enumerate the 
names of all who deserve to be mentioned would take 
more space than the limits of this guide book would allow. 
Suffice it to say that such well-known names as Bolton, 
Berrien, Owens, Guerard and Woodbridge are to be found. 

Jewish Cemetery 

The old Jewish burial ground on Guerard street, to 
the north of the Union Station and directly behind the 
railroad offices of the Southern Express Company, is 
a point of interest that is well worth a visit, and speaks 
well for the manner in which the Jews look after the final 
resting place of their dead. This cemetery is under the 
care of the Mickve Israel Synagogue, means for its main- 
tenance having been left by the Sheftall family. The 
demands of a growing city have encroached so much upon 
this burial place that there is now only a small portion 
left of the original cemetery, which is enclosed by a high 
brick wall, the first burial ground to be enclosed within 
Savannah. The key to the high iron gate is kept by the 
caretaker, Melisia Earl, a colored woman, whose house, 
built and owned by the Trustees, adjoins the cemetery. 
She very willingly admits strangers. The oldest tomb is' 
that of Mordecai Sheftall (1797), who came to the colony 
in 1733, and was a most valued and helpful citizen during 
those early days. There are not many graves left in this 
cemetery, as several have been removed to the Jewish 
burial ground in Laurel Grove Cemetery. 

Laurel Grove Cemetery 

Laurel Grove Cemetery is in the southwestern part of 
the city and can be reached by the Battery Park electric car 
via West Broad street. Cross-town cars transfer to this line. 

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Laurel Grove dates from the year 1852, and is a very 
beautiful cemetery, especially in the Spring, when the dog 
wood and spirea are in bloom and a little later the mag- 
nolia blossoms till the trees with their beauty and the 
air with their fragrance. The Confederate soldiers' lot, 
containing nearly 15,000 graves, is in this cemetery, and 
it is here that the Confederate veterans, escorted by the 
military of the city, assemble on Memorial Day, 26th 
April, and suitable exercises are held over the remains 
of the Confederate dead. Gen. Lafayette McLaws and 
Gen. Francis S. Bartow, two Confederate heroes, are 
buried in Laurel Grove. Their monuments are in Chip- 
pewa Square, on Bull street. 



CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS 

Abrahams Home. 

548 Broughton street, east; home for old and infirm 
women; under control of Savannah Widow's Society. 
Florence Crittenton Mission 

Situated on electric car line between Thunderbolt and 
Sandfly Station. Incorporated September, 1902. Organ- 
ized for the rescue and help of unfortunate women and 
girls. 

nome for the Aged (Little Sisters of the Poor). 

Thirty-seventh street, corner Abercorn. Established 
4th January, 1890 (mother house is in France). For old 
and infirm men and women. 

Louise Porter Home 

(Formerly Industrial Relief Society and Home for 
the Friendlers.) 23 Charlton street, east. 

Union Society 
See Bethesda. 

Widows' Home 
President and West Broad street. Under the control 
of the Savannah Widow's Society. 



CHATHAM COUNTY COURT HOUSE 

Bull street. Chippewa Square. 
The present Court House was erected in 1890. It is 
the third occupying this site. 

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CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY 

1584— Sir Walter Raleigh, tradition tells us, landed here and 
held conference with an Indian Chief near what is 
known as Gas Works Hill. 

1670 — American treaty entered in between England and 
Spain. 

1733— Oglethorpe, with Col. William Bull, of South Caro- 
lina, landed at Yamacraw Bluff, chose the site for 
the town, naming it Savannah. February 12th the 
first colonist arrived. 

1733 — July 11th, forty Israelites arrived, Dr. Nunez, the 
first mentioned physician in Savannah, among them. 

1734 — Saltzburgers arrived March 12th, and were estab- 
lished at a place they named Ebenezer, not far from 
Savannah. 

1734 — Oglethorpe's tent was then near the place where 
the City Hall now stands. A stone seat has been 
placed there by the Colonial Dames as a marker. 

1736 — John and Charles Wesley arrived March 4th, preach- 
ing the first sermon in America the following Sun- 
day. 

1736 — The first ball was given in Savannah June 17th. 

1737 — Rev. George Whitfield arrived. 

1740 — Whitfield laid the first brick for the Orphan House, 
Bethesda. 

1740 — First horse race in Savannah, June 26th. 

1750 — First church dedicated, July 7th. 

1754 — Capt. John Reynolds appointed Governor of the 
Province of Georgia. 

1758 — Ellis appointed Governor-in-Chief of the colony. 

1760 — James Wright was commissioned Lieutenant Gov- 
ernor. The Governor's house stood where the 
Telfair Academy now stands. 

1763 — First paper printed in Georgia April 7th, "The 
Georgia Gazette." 

1764 — Post Office established. Robert Bolton first Post 
master. 

1775 — Provincial Congress of Georgia met at Tondee's 
Tavern, Broughton street, northwest corner of 
Whitaker. 

1776 — First Constitutional Convention of Georgia met. 

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1777 — Georgia made an independent State. 

1777 — Archibald Bulloch was elected President of Council. 

1777 — Button Gwinnett elected President of Council, 
March 4th. 

1777 — First Legislature of Georgia, as a State, was held 
May 8th. 

1779 — Siege of Savannah by the British. 

1782 — July 11th, British troops evacuated Savannah, 
American troops taking possession. 

1783 — First theatrical performance was held at the Fila- 
ture. 

1785 — Gen. Greene came to live at Mulberry Grove, in 
Georgia, a plantation given to him by the Georgians. 

1791 — May 12th, President Washington visited Savannah, 
having as his headquarters a house on State street, 
corner Barnard, on site now occupied by Odd Fel- 
lows' Building. 

1793 — Cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney at Mulberry 
Grove, Gen. Greene's plantation. 

1799 — Old City Exchange was built. 

1799 — Masonic Hall erected. Site now occupied by Whit- 
field Building, Whitaker and State streets. 

1810 — Savannah Public Library organized, March 6th. 

1812 — Chatham Academy opened for the reception of pu- 
pils on present site. 

1818 — First steamship built in the United States, "City of 
Savannah." 

1819 — "City of Savannah" sailed for Liverpool. 

1820 — First yellow fever epidemic. 

1825 — March 9th, Lafayette visited Savannah, laid corner 
stones for monuments to Greene and Pulaski. 

1837 — Snow fell, March 4th, deep enough for sleigh rides. 

1839 — Georgia Historical Society organized. 

1847 — Georgia Historical Society and Savannah Library 
Association united, 30 East Bryan street. 

1854 — Second yellow fever epidemic. 

1858 — Masons and Odd Fellows jointly constructed build- 
ing, now the Oglethorpe Club, Bull and Broughton 
streets. 

1860 — Secession of South Carolina. 

1861-— Gen. Lee visited Savannah, November 11th. 

1861 — January 19th, Georgia seceded. 

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1870 — Gen. Lee visited Savannah again. 

1876 — Third and last yellow fever epidemic. 

1879— Hottest day on record, 105 in the shade (a thing 
of the past). 

1881 — Worst storm that ever visited Savannah. 

1883— Sesqui-centennial of the landing of Oglethorpe. 
Gov. Alexander Stephens attended ceremonies and 
contracted a cold, which caused his death. 

1886 — Jefferson Davis, with his daughter, Winnie, "The 
Daughter of the Confederacy," visited Savannah 
early in May during the celebration of the Chatham 
Artillery's first century of its existence. 

1887 — Severe earthquake. 

1890 — First electric street cars. 

1893 — January 31st, coldest day since Bureau was estab- 
lished, 1871. 

1895 — Street car lines, by order of United States govern- 
ment, go back to 5-cent fares. 

1895 — Two hundred negroes sailed for Liberia. 

1895 — Savannah Theater remodelled. 

1896 — Three hundred and eleven negroes sailed for Liberia. 

1897 — South Broad street was renamed Oglethorpe avenue. 

1898— War declared with Spain, 500 Savannah soldiers 
enlisting. 

1903 — Savannah Public Library opened to the public in 
Hodgson Hall. Books and building loaned by the 
Georgia Historical Society. 

1908 — Thanksgiving Day, international automobile race. 
Savannah has entertained six Presidents of the United 

States: George Washington, James Munroe, Chester A. 

Arthur, Grover Cleveland, William McKinley and W. H. 

Taft. 



CHURCHES 

Baptist 

Berean Mission — 431 Mongomery. 
Duffy Street Baptist Church— 123 Duffy, east. 
First Church — Bull, northwest corner McDonough 
street. 

Fourth Church — Fifty-fourth and Barnard streets. 

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Primitive Raptist — King, corner Montgomery street. 
South Side Baptist— 1902 Barnard street. 
Catholic 

Diocese of Savannah established 1853. Rt. Rev. B. 
J. Keiley, Bishop of the Diocese of Savannah. 

Cathedral of St. John the Baptist — Abercorn and 
Harris streets. 

Sacred Heart Church — Bull and Thirty-third streets. 

St. Patrick's Church — West Broad and Liberty 
streets. 

St. Benedict's Church — 454 Bowen street. 

Christian 

Christian Church — 115 Bolton, west. 
Christian Mission — 1511 Bull. 

Christian Science 
First Church of Christ, Scientist — Bull and York. 

Episcopal 

Diocese of Georgia. Rt. Rev. F. F. Reese, Bishop of 
the Diocese. 

Christ Church — Bull and St. Julian. (This church occu 
pies the original site of parish church during Colonial 
times.) Two bronze tablets are on either side of the 
entrance to Christ Church, bearing the following inscrip- 
tions: 

TO THE GLORY OF GOD 

IN MEMORY OF 

GEORGE WHITFIELD 

PRIEST OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND 

MINISTER TO SAVANNAH 1738-1741 

FOUNDER OF BETHESDA ORPHAN HOUSE. 

ERECTED BY GEORGIA SOCIETY COLONIAL 

DAMES. 

TO THE GLORY OF GOD. 

IN MEMORY OF 

JOHN WESLEY 

PRIEST OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND 

MINISTER TO SAVANNAH 1736-1737 

FOUNDER OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL OF THIS 

CHURCH. 
ERECTED BY THE DIOCESE OF GEORGIA. 

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St. John's Church — Bull and Charlton streets. 

St. Michael's Chapel — 318 Henry, east. 

St. Paul's Church — Abercorn and Thirty-fourth streets. 

Jewish 

Agoodath Acheen Congregation — 227 St. Julian, west. 
B'Nai B'Rith Jacob — Montgomery and State streets. 
Mickve Israel Synagogue — Bull and Gordon streets. 

Lutheran 

Church of the Ascension — Bull and President. (This 
church occupies the original site of the church erected 
about 1744 by the Salzburgers.) 

St. Paul's Church— 1415 Bull street. 

Methodist 

Epworth M. E. Church (South)— Jefferson and Thirty- 
seventh. 

Grace M. E. Church— 1102-04 Jefferson. 

Trinity Church — Barnard and President. 

Wesley Mission — 8 West Broad. 

Wesley Monumental Church (memorial to Wesley) — 
Abercorn and Wayne. 

Presbyterian 

First Church — Bull and Wayne. 

Independent Church — Bull and Oglethorpe avenue. 
Westminster Church (Sunday services in Lawton Me- 
morial) — 122 Anderson, west. 

Swedenborgian 

New Jerusalem Church — 602 Draytori. 
See Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning papers 
for hours of service. 



CITY HALL 

The City Hall or new City Exchange, erected in 1904, 
occupies the site of the old City Exchange, erected in 1799. 
The present building is considered the handsomest munici- 
pal building in the State of Georgia. It was designed by 
a Savannah architect and built by a Savannah contractor. 

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CLIMATE 

Savannah possesses a most delightful climate, the 
average annual temperature being 66 degrees. The win- 
ter months are ideal, the mean temperature being from 
51-66 degrees for December, January, February and April. 
Even in the warmest months during the summer the 
nights are always cool, produced by ocean breezes. 



COLONIAL PLANTATION HOMES 

Greenwich 

Greenwich is some four miles distant from Savannah, 
to the east of Bonaventure Cemetery, now the private 
residence of Mr. S. P. Shotter. It was one of the old 
plantation homes and belonged, previous to and during 
the Revolutionary War, to Samuel Bo wen. The greatest 
historical interest attached to the place is the death 
and burial of Count Pulaski, who, after being mortally 
wounded during the seige of Savannah in 1779, was taken 
to Greenwich. Here he was placed in a room adjoining 
that of Mrs. Bowen and her daughter, Ann Elizabeth, 
afterwards the wife of Dr. Samuel Beecroft. Pulaski lin- 
gered a few hours, and, dying at night, was buried before 
dawn beneath the trees, about 200 yards from the house, 
by his comrades, who were anxious to join the French 
fleet, then lying in the river. Here he lay until 1854, when 
his remains were disinterred and placed beneath his monu- 
ment in Monterey Square. Count d'Estaing and other 
wounded officers were also taken to Greenwich and ten- 
derly nursed until able to rejoin the fleet. 

The Hermitage 

The Hermitage plantation is one of the most inter- 
esting and beautiful places around Savannah. Many of 
the old slave huts are still to be seen there. When visiting 
the plantation it will be best to go by carriage, as the 
house is at least one mile from the road. It can also be 
reached via the Mill-Haven trolley line. It is only a ten- 
minutes walk from the end of this line to the entrance 
grounds. The Hermitage is now owned by Judge Henry 
McAlpin, in whose family it has been since 1819. The 
following list of deeds, on record in the County Court 

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House, are most interesting, showing, as they do, the 
different owners of the' Hermitage plantation. 

The Hermitage, containing originally 100 acres, was 
confiscated as the property of John Murray and sold by 
the Commissioners of Confiscated Estates to Thomas 
Washington on January 13th, 1783. Washington conveyed 
it to Samuel Beecroft September 7th, 1785. Beecroft 
sold it to Samuel Wall, deed not recorded. Samuel Wall 
and wife conveyed it to John Moutalet December 12th, 
1798. John Moutalet mortgaged it to Jean Caradeux on 
October 21st, 1803. The Marshal of the District of Geor- 
gia sold it to William J. Scott April 4, 1815, under judg- 
ment against John B. Moutalet. Scott sold it to Henry 
McAlpin May 20th, 1819. 

Wardens and Vestry of Christ Church to Pierre Henry 
Rosignol Lachicotte, deed dated July 10th, 1811, conveying 
Glebe lands of Christ Church, 300 acres, more or less, 
bounded north by Savannah river, east by land of Joseph 
Clay, west by land now occupied by Mr. Moutaillet (alsc 
called Retreat). 

Peter Henry Rossignol Lachicotte and wife to William 
J. Scott, deed dated August 5th, 1814, 166 acres, more or 
less, known as Glebe land. 

Scott conveyed the same tract of land to Henry 
McAlpin on May 29th, 1819. This tract became a part 
of the Hermitage. 

The present house was built between 1830 and 1840 
of bricks made on the plantation, as were also the slave 
huts that line the avenue approaching the house. The 
house to the right of the mansion was for the overseer. 

Mulberry Grove 

Mulberry Grove, the confiscated estate of the Royal 
Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, Joseph Graham, was 
granted to Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Greene. It was a most 
valuable estate, estimated at being worth £50,000. It is 
situated on the Savannah river, about fourteen miles above 
the city, and besides being interesting on account of being 
the home of Gen. Greene, it is of great historical interest, 
because of the cotton gin, which was there invented by 
Eli Whitney in 1794. Gen. Washington was a guest at 
Mulberry Grove during his visit to Georgia. The planta- 

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tion remained in the Greene family until 1800, the man- 
sion, which was described by Gen. Greene as being both 
"pleasing and agreeable," was destroyed by Sherman's 
army. 

Wormsloe 
The history of "Wormsloe" dates back to the early 
settlement of the Isle of Hope, about 1737. It was re- 
garded as a very important outpost and fortifications were 
erected on the estate to prevent the approach of the 
Spaniards by way of the river. Wormsloe is situated at 
the south end of Isle of Hope, and was the plantation 
home of Capt. Noble Jones, one of the early settlers of 
Georgia, and is now the private residence of Mr. W. J. 
De Renne, a lineal descendant of Noble Jones. It is 
interesting to note that of all the plantations around 
Savannah, Wormsloe and White Hall are perhaps the 
only ones that have remained in the family to whom they 
were granted. 



CONSULATES 

Argentine Republic — 306 Bay, east. 

Austria-Hungary — 38 Bay, east. 

Belgium — 40 Bay, east. 

Brazil — 2 Henry, west. 

British — 10 Abercorn. 

Cuba — 102 Bay, east. 

Denmark — 14 Bay, east. 

France — 14 Bay, east. 

Germany — 32 Bay, east. 

Italy — 102 Bay, east. 

Netherlands — Cotton Exchange Building. 

Norway — 18 Bay, east. 

Russia — 26 Bay, east. 

Spain — 6 Bay, east. 

Sweden — 22 Board of Trade Building. 

Uruguay — 6 Bay, east. 



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DEPOTS 

Atlantic Coast Line — Union Station, West Broad 
street. 

Brinson Railway — Cohen and West Boundary streets. 

Central of Georgia — West Broad, west end of Liberty 
street. 

Seaboard Air Line — Union Station, West Broad street. 

Southern Railway — Union Station, West Broad street. 

Tybee Station (Savannah and Atlantic Railroad) — 
Randolph, east end of President. 

Union Station — 417-435 West broad street. 

The E. & W. Belt Line trolley passes all stations. All 
other lines transfer to cross-town cars, which also trans- 
fer to the E. & W. Line. The Liberty street trolley goes 
direct to the Central of Georgia Station and also to the 
Tybee Station. 



DISTANCES AND ELEVATIONS 

Park — The exact distance around Forsyth Park and 
the Park Extension, or Parade Ground, is one mile and 
forty-six feet. 

It is one mile from the City Hall to the Confederate 
monument in the Parade Ground. Two miles from the 
City Hall to Forty-second street. 

The highest elevation in the city is at Bolton and 
Jefferson streets, which point is 49.16 feet above sea level. 



EXCHANGES 

Savannah Board of Trade — 201-205 Germania Bank 
Building. Organized April, 1883. 

Savannah Chamber of Commerce — 30 Bryan street, 
east. Incorporated March 1, 1903. 

Savannah Cotton Exchange — Bay street, facing Dray- 
ton. Organized 1872. 

Savannah Exchange for Women's Work — 350 Bull 
street. 

Savannah Grain Exchange — 21 Bay street, west. 

Woman's Exchange — See Savannah Exchange for 
Women's Work. 

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EXCURSIONS 

Automobile Trips 

Savannah offers unusual advantages to the automobil- 
ist in the number and length of the well-paved Chatham 
County roads. A list of these roads is here given: 

Augusta road 10 miles 

Bay Street Extension 1.4 miles 

Dale avenue 2.1 miles 

Ferguson avenue 4.0 miles 

LaRoche avenue 3.5 miles 

Lathrop avenue 2.0 miles 

Levy avenue 1.0 miles 

Louisville road 10 miles 

Montieth road v 3.9 miles 

Montgomery road 4.5 miles 

Montgomery Cross road 2.8 miles 

Moore avenue 6.5 miles 

Ogeechee road 14 miles 

Ship Yard road * 1.2 miles 

Stiles avenue 1.0 miles 

Waters road 5.1 miles 

White Bluff 8.0 miles 

STEAMBOAT. 

Augusta 

The trip to Augusta by boat on the Savannah river 
is an exceedingly lovely excursion. The river becomes 
quite narrow and winding, and in places it seems almost 
impossible for the boat to make the necessary turn around 
these bends; then, again, in places it is quite broad, and 
flowing, as it does, between high bluffs on either side, it 
is a most beautiful and picturesque river. Frequent stops 
are made at the way landings for passengers and freight, 
and this is what consumes the time. Otherwise the trip 
could possibly be made in a day. The stern-wheel boats 
leave from their dock on River street, foot of Barnard, on 
Monday, 6:00 P. M., arriving in Augusta Wednesday 
afternoon about 4 o'clock. Returning, leave Augusta 
Friday, 3:00 P. M., arriving Savannah about 6:00 o'clock 
Sunday morning. The fare for the round trip is $6.00, 
including meals and state rooms. 

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Beaufort, S. C. 

(Beaufort and Savannah Line.) 
Beaufort is a town and port of entry on Broad river, 
Beaufort district, South Carolina, about sixteen miles from 
the sea, and has a sr/acious harbor. It was one of the 
earliest settled and most aristocratic towns in South Caro- 
lina, and a favorite summer resort for the neighboring 
planters. It is filled with historic interest and many ex- 
amples of Colonial architecture are still to be seen there. 
The old graveyard is an interesting place to visit. There 
are three good hotels, the Sea Island Hotel, the Beaufort 
House and the Colonial House. The trip by steamer is 
most delightful and takes but a few hours, and with the 
exception of crossing the sound, is inland all the trip. The 
steamer "Pilot Boy" leaves the dock on River street, foot 
of Abercorn (phone 4152 for sailing hour) on Sunday, 
Tuesday and Friday. Returning, leave Beaufort Monday, 
Wednesday and Saturday. Fare, $2:00 for round trip. 
Meals are served on board. 

The steamer also stops at Daufuskie Island, Fort 
Fremont and Port Royal. The two last are government 
stations. In making the trip to Beaufort it would be best 
to stay over one steamer, as this would give plenty of time 
to visit the many points of interest. During the Summer, 
from May 15th to October 15th, the steamer makes the 
TDund trip on Sunday. Special rates made for parties of 
five or more. Phone 4152 for further information. 



TROLLEY RIDES 

The country around Savannah is beautiful and the 
many excursions that can be made by means of the trolley 
and the places visited are full of interest and pleasure. 

Thunderbolt Line 

Starting at the Market, traverses the city via Haber- 
sham street and Gwinnett street subway, passing the Police 
Barracks, Jail and St. Joseph's Infirmary on Habersham 
street. Its route through the country passes places of 
interest in the following order: Cathedral Cemetery, 
Savannah Golf Club, Young Men's Bowling Club, Forest 
City Gun Club, Butner's Dairy, Bonaventure Cemetery, 

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Savannah Yacht Club, Thunderbolt, Casino, Industrial 
College for Colored Youths, which is the terminus for this 
line. 

Montgomery Line 
Joins the Thunderbolt line at the Industrial College 
and extends from Thunderbolt to Montgomery. It passes 
the College, Cattle Park, the German Club of Savannah, 
Crittenton Home and Sandfly Station, at which point it 
makes connection with car that leaves Savannah from 
Fortieth street for Isle of Hope and Montgomery. After 
leaving Sandfly the points of interest passed are Burnside 
Station, Bethesda and Beaulieu and finally Montgomery. 

Isle of Hope Line 

The Isle of Hope cars leave Bay and Whitaker 
streets for the Fortfeth Street Station, passing through 
the city via Whitaker street, on which are many beautiful 
homes, the Public Library and Georgia Historical Society 
(Hodgson Hall), Forsyth Park and the Park Extension. 
These cars can be taken at any point on Whitaker street 
and there is no change, as they go direct to the Isle of 
Hope, connecting at Sandfly with the Montgomery car 
from the Casino (be sure and take car on Whitaker street 
with sign Isle of Hope). Any one not wishing to make 
the trip to the Isle of Hope can obtain a transfer to 
the Thunderbolt car at Sandfly and return to the city via 
Thunderbolt. This makes a very pleasant excursion where 
the ride is the chief feature. The transfer can also be 
made at Sandfly on returning from the Isle of Hope, al- 
though the car schedule must be consulted, as the Mont- 
gomery-Thunderbolt car does not run as often as the 
Isle of Hope car. 

Damn Park Line 

Starting at the Market, traverses the city via Haber- 
sham street and Gwinnett street subway, passes through 
Collinsville and The Meadows, down Dale avenue for 
several miles to Daffin Park. Collinsville and The Mead- 
ows are beautiful suburbs. Dale avenue is one of the most 
popular driveways and part of the International Automo- 
bile Race Course. Daffin Park was originally used for the 
State Fair Grounds. It is intended to make it into an 

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attractive park, but as 7 yet very little has been done to- 
wards this purpose. 

Indian Street Line 

A most interesting excursion that should be made by 
visitors to the city is, first, a visit to some of the cotton 
presses at the railway terminus on the wharfs and see the 
pressing of the cotton bales; then go onto the wharfs 
and watch the loading of the cotton onto the ships by 
the colored longshoremen. The Indian street car line 
goes direct to the cotton wharfs, passing through Yama- 
craw, a section of the city named after the tribe of In- 
dians who were in possession of the country when Gen. 
Oglethorpe landed in 1732. It is now occupied mainly by 
the colored population of the city. E. & W. belt line 
transfers to the Indian street line on Bay street. 

Mill-Haven Line 

This line, after leaving the city near the Central of 
Georgia Station on West Broad street, passes through the 
principal factory district, that is situated west of the city. 
Among these factories are fertilizer factories, lumber mills, 
Southern Cotton Oil Company factory, cooperage factory 
and many others. Its terminus is about ten minutes' walk 
from the Hermitage plantation. 

West End Line 

Cars leave west side of City Market for Lincoln Park 
via West Broad street. On the outskirts of the city it 
passes many important factories and mills, West Savan- 
nah, Jasper Springs and ends at Lincoln Park, which is a 
park for colored people. 



EXPRESS COMPANIES 

Southern Express Company, 23 Bull street. 



FIRE DEPARTMENT 

Engine houses are situated as follows: 
Engine Co. No. 1 — 520 Broughton, east. 
Engine Co. No. 2 — Indian, corner West Broad. 
Engine Co. No. 3 (Central Station) — Oglethorpe ave- 
nue and Abercorn street. 

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Engine Co. No. 4 — 606 Barnard. 

Engine Co. No. 5 — 11 Henry, east. 

Engine Co. No. 6 — Thirty-eighth street, corner Bar- 
nard. 

Fire Alarm 

5 Bay and East Broad. 

6 Bay and Habersham. 

7 Bay and Drayton. 

8 Bay and Whitaker. 

9 Bay and Jefferson. 

12 Bronghton and Jefferson. 

13 Broughton and Whitaker. 

14 Broughton and Abercorn. 

15 Broughton and Price. 

16 Broughton and Reynolds. 

17 Oglethorpe and "East Broad. 

18 York and Bull. 

19 Barnard and State. 

21 Oglethorpe and Montgomery. 

23 Liberty and West Broad. 

24 Perry and Barnard. 

25 Liberty and Drayton. 

26 A. C. L. Railway freight office. 

27 Harris and Price. 

28 Jones and Lincoln. 

29 Taylor, east of Price. 

31 Charlton and Whitaker. 

32 Charlton and Jefferson. 

34 Wilson and Walker. 

35 Wayne and West Broad. 

36 Gaston and Bull. 

37 Barnard and Gordon. 

38 Wayne and Drayton. 

39 Gaston and Lincoln. 

41 Huntingdon and Price. 

42 Abercorn and Gwinnett. 

43 Park avenue and Abercorn. 

45 East Broad and Gwinnett. 

46 Price and Park avenue. 

47 Abercorn and Henry. 

48 Gaston and East Broad. 

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51 Central Railway wharf, over canal. 

52 Central Railway warehouse, over canal. 

53 Maguire and River. 

54 Bay, near Ann. 

56 Fahm and Pine. 

57 Margaret, near Fahm. 

58 West Broad and Broughton. 

59 Gordon Cotton Press, over canal. 

61 Hall and Barnard. 

62 West Broad and Oak. 

63 Oak and Cemetery. 

64 Bolton and Jefferson. 

65 Duffy and Jefferson. 

67 Burroughs and Bolton. 

68 Burroughs and Duffy. 

69 City Lots. 

71 Wheaton street, east of Randolph. 

72 Oglethorpe and Randolph. 

73 Lower Hydraulic Press. 

74 Gordon wharf. 

75 A. C. L. Railway wharf. 

76 Henry and East Broad. 

81 Congress and Bull. 

82 Congress and Barnard. 
91 River and West Broad. 

113 Anderson and Habersham. 

114 Bull and Henry. 

115 Anderson and West Broad. 
121 Habersham and Thirty-third. 

123 Whitaker and Thirty-third. 

124 Thirty-fifth and Abercorn. 

125 West Broad and Thirty-third. 

131 Whitaker and Thirty-sixth. 

132 Burroughs and Thirty-sixth. 
134 Ogeechee and Lavinia. 

141 Barnard and Thirty-ninth. 

142 W r est Broad and Thirty-ninth. 

143 Abercorn and Fortieth. 

212 Gwinnett and Ott. 

213 Henry and Ott. 
313 Baltimore wharf. 

321 Standard Oil Company's Works. 

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323 Abercorn and Thirty-seventh. 

324 S. A. L. Railway, across river. 
424 Central Railway Round House. 

521 New Warehouse, west of O. S. S. Co. 

522 Warehouse, river front, Central Railway wharf. 

523 Eagle Manufacturing Company, Louisville road. 
2-2-2, first assistance; 3-3-3, second assistance; 11 taps 

repeated five times, military call; 3 taps repeated ten 
times, police call; 4-4-4, general call. 



FORSYTH PARK 

Forsyth Park, or Forsyth Place, was laid out by an 
act of the City Council in 1851, deriving its name from 
discussions held in the library room of Mr. Tefft's home. 
It is said that Mr. Hodgson suggested the name of 
"Forsyth" for the brilliant Georgian, John Forsyth (at 
that time Minister to Spain), who had distinguished him- 
self in Congress in 1818 and 1830 and as Governor of 
the State in 1827. The original plan for beautifying these 
twenty acres was made by Mr. William Bischoff, a famous 
landscape gardener of Bavaria, who for a number of years 
had a nursery in Savannah. The plan was modified and 
altered by Mr. John B. Hogg. In its early days the park 
was enclosed by a white wooden fence and its center w r as 
marked by a small wooden bridge, which was replaced 
by the fountain, which was modelled from the one in the 
Place de la Concorde in Paris. Later the wooden fence 
was removed and replaced by a handsome iron railing, 
which also has been taken down, giving now an unob- 
structed view of the winding walks, plants and shrubs. 
The entrance on Bull and Gaston streets is guarded by 
two sphinx. At the intersection with the Park Extension 
is a drinking fountain, which was given several years ago 
by a former Mayor, the late Herman Myers. 



THE GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 

Hodgson Hall, Whitaker and Gaston Streets. 
The Georgia Historical Society was organized in 1839 
for the purpose of collecting, preserving and publishing 
historical matter pertaining to Georgia and American his- 

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tory in general. The present building, Hodgson Hall, was 
erected in 1876 by Mrs. Margaret Telfair Hodgson and 
Miss Mary Telfair as a memorial to William Brown Hodg- 
son, the husband of the former. In 1893 the Georgia 
Historical Society loaned its books and building to the 
city for the purpose of having a Public Library, the 
Society continuing its original work of collecting his- 
torical matter. 



HALLS 

Armory Hall (Chatham Artillery)— 121 Bull. 

Benedictine Hall — Bull and Thirty-third streets. 

Catholic Library Association Hall — Drayton and Mc- 
Donough. 

Hibernian Hall — 129 Bay, east. 

Hodgson Hall (Georgia Historical Society and Public 
Library) — Whitaker and Gaston. 

Irish-American F. S. Hall — 120 Bryan, east. 

J. O. U. A .M. Hall— Duffy and Whitaker. 

Knights of Pythias Hall — 125 York, west. 

*Lawton Memorial — Bull and Anderson. 

Masonic Temple — Liberty and Whitaker. 

Odd Fellows Hall — State and Barnard. 

Regimental Armory (First Vol. Ga.) — 611 Abercorn. 

Savannah Vol. Guards Armory — Bull and Charlton. 

Y. M. C. A. Hall— Bull and Macon. 

Y.. W. C. A. Hall— 129 Abercorn. 

*The Lawton Memorial was erected by Mrs. Lawton 
as a memorial to her husband, Gen. Alexander Robert 
Lawton, and to her daughter. The building was opened 
to the public 2nd March, 1899, and is designed for the 
general use of the citizens of Savannah, for all classes 
of entertainments, lectures, concerts and for religious 
meetings. The Westminster Presbyterian Church holds 
services here on Sundays.. 



HISTORIC HOUSES 

Berrien House 

Northwest Corner Broughton and Habersham Streets. 
Henry Clay visited the city in 1844 and was enter- 
tained by Mr. Berrien. House still standing. 

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British Headquarters, 1779. 

Gen. Prevost, the British General in command during 
the siege of 1779, occupied as headquarters a two-story 
wooden house, 24 Broughton street, east. House still 
standing. 

Bulloch Residence 
Orleans Square, Barnard Street. 

Known as the Habersham house. This fine old resi- 
dence was erected in 1818 by Mr. Archibald Bulloch, a 
wealthy citizen of Savannah, an ancestor of Theodore 
Roosevelt. The mansion was designed by Air. Jay, of 
England, an architect celebrated for his marvelous con- 
ceptions in such lines. 

It is said that Mr. Bulloch had the house built by 
contract on . a basis of so much a brick. As the walls 
are very thick, in some places fifteen feet, it is reason- 
able to suppose that this notable dwelling cost much more 
than it would under other contract. 

In architectural design it typifies what may be termed 
the "Southern Colonial style" blended with the classic. 
The most picturesque part of the old mansion is the stately 
stone portico in front, upon which six majestic Corinthian 
columns in circular position uphold a dome-like ceiling. 
Within the reception hall are other classic columns and 
an exquisite mantel of Italian marble, with rare carvings 
of figures, fruits and flowers. A winding staircase led 
from the hall to the floor above, but was moved by the 
present owner. The room to the left contains a very 
handsome mantel of African black marble. The south- 
west room is circular, with handsome Italian marble man- 
tel, beautifully carved. The frieze here, as in other rooms, 
is in classic design. The windows have interior wooden 
blinds of small solid panels that are quaint and attractive. 
Originally there was a garden on top of the house, which 
was a perfect jungle of semi-tropical foliage, ferns and 
flowers. 

This old house was owned by many different people 
before it came into the possession of Airs. Sarah B. Boyd, 
the present owner. 

Tradition says that in its early days Bishop England, 
a celebrated Catholic Bishop, planted a tree in a corner 

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of the front yard, where/ it towered like a stately sentinel 
for many years, but at last yielded to the ravages of time 
and is no more. 

Comer Home 

Northeast Corner Taylor and Bull Streets. 
Jefferson Davis and his daughter Winnie (The Daugh- 
ter of the Confederacy) visited the late Mr. H. M. Comer 
and Airs. Comer during the celebration of the Chatham 
Artillery's lirst century of its existence, May, 1886. 

De Renne Home 

On the southwest corner of Bull and Liberty streets 
is a handsome building which was erected by Mr. Padel- 
ford and later owned and occupied for many years by the 
late G. W. J. De Renne, to whom both the State and 
City are greatly indebted for public-spirited service and 
liberality in preserving and publishing valuable early rec- 
ords of the Colony of Georgia. This building is now 
''The Georgia Hussars' Club." 

Gibbons Home (Yamacraw). 

Gibbons, a family of wealthy planters, had a beautiful 
home in the "West End," and where their beautiful gar- 
dens were, a wagon and car manufactory was established. 

Gordon House 

The home of Gen. W. W. Gordon, on the northeast 
corner of Bull street and Oglethorpe avenue, where Presi- 
dent Taft was entertained during his visit to the city in 
1909, is one of the most famous houses in Savannah for 
entertainments. It was built by Mr. James M. Wayne, 
who was Mayor when President Monroe visited Savannah, 
in 1819. When called to the Supreme Bench Judge Wayne 
moved to Washington, D. C, and sold his Savannah resi- 
dence to his nephew, W. W. Gordon, the father of its 
present owner. 

Green Mansion 

Madison Square, Bull Street. 
This beautiful house was built by Mr. Charles Green, 
an Englishman, shortly before the Civil War and was used 
by Gen. Sherman while in Savannah, 1864, as his head- 
quarters. It is now the home of Hon. P. W. Meldrim. 

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Kent House 

On the west side of West Broad street, opposite St. 
Julian street, is an old house that bears the marks of the 
siege of 1779. It is a wooden house of two stories 
on a brick basement. On a level with the floor of the 
second story is a hole of six inches in the weather board- 
ing made by a ball from an American or French cannon, 
tradition says, on the last day of the siege. At that time 
this house stood on the present site of Trinity Church. 
It belonged to the Sheftall family, and was probably built 
by them about 170 years ago. It was bought by Mr. Kent. 
The wood was hewed or sawed with a small hand saw, as 
there were no large saws in the country at that time. The 
nails were hand made and the pine has become so hard 
that it is almost impossible to drive a nail into it. 

Low House 

Mr. Andrew Low, an Englishman, owned and lived 
in the fine old residence on the southwest side of Lafay- 
ette Square. The hospitality of this home was enjoyed 
by William Makepeace Thackeray, who gives his im- 
pression of Savannah in a letter written on the "Feast 
of St. Valentine, 1855." Gen. Robert E. Lee, during his 
visit to Savannah, in April, 1870, was also entertained 
in this house by Mr. Low. 

Montmollin House 
120 Oglethorpe Avenue, West. 
This old historic house that sheltered Wesley and 
Whitfield was originally owned by Abram Buchee, the 
great grandfather of the present owner and occupant, Mrs. 
A. K. W T ilson. The house is unique in the fact that it 
remains in the family of the one to whom the property 
was granted in 1734. In 1802 Aaron Burr visited the city, 
stopping here with his niece, Mrs. Montmollin, the wife 
of Col. Montmollin. Burr's visit was in the character of 
a peacemaker, in a family matter, relative to the children 
of Mrs. Montmollin, by a former marriage to a Mr. Dennis, 
an Englishman. The children took the name of their step- 
father. The son became the father of Don Carlos, of 
Spain, Prince de Montmollin. Mr. John S. de Montmollin, 
of Middlebury, Florida, is now in possesison of parch- 



nun's and jewels bequeathed to him by his grandfather, 
Col. Montmollin. 

Mr. Wilson has been offered large sums of money 
for the quaint old staircase. The original grant and seal 
is still in possesison of the family. 

Owens House 

Oglethorpe Avenue, Abercorn Street. 

Gen. Lafayette visited the city in March, 1825, and 
was entertained in this elegant and handsome residence, 
then owned and occupied by Mrs. Maxwell. Gov. Troup 
was also a guest there at this time. Lafayette occupied 
the south room, overlooking the front veranda. 

This mansion was built by Jay, the English architect, 
for a Mr. Richardson, who married a Miss Bolton. Later 
it came into the possession of the Owens family, and is 
now owned and occupied by Mrs. Thomas, who was a 
Miss Owens, the widow of the late Dr. J. G. Thomas. 

Robinson House 

110 East Oglethorpe 
After the British evacuated Savannah, 1782, Gov. 
Martin called a special session of the Legislature, which 
met here in the room known as "Eppinger's Long Room." 
This house is still standing and is a private residence. 

Scarborough House 

West Broad Street. 

In this old Colonial home (one of the few reminders 
of Yamacraw's former grandeur) President Monroe stayed 
during his visit to Savannah in 1819, the guest of Mr. W. 
M. Scarborough. The old building is now the West Broad 
Street Colored School. 

Smetz House 

The handsome building on the northeast corner of 
Bull and Jones streets was the residence of the late Alex- 
ander Smetz, who owned one of the finest collections in 
the South of rare books of literature, science and of 
drawings and engravings. They were sacrificed at an auc- 
tion in New York the latter part of the sixties. His library 
was well known to scholars in Europe and America. This 
mansion is now owned by the Harmonic Club. 

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Stiles Home 

On Farm street, near Joachim street, stood the fine 
residence of the Stiles family (a name associated with 
the State's history), a part of which property has become 
the Springfield plantation and the Vale Royal plantation. 

Tefft House 

In Mr. I. K. Tefft's home, southwest corner of Bull 
and Jones streets, many literary reunions were held, and 
many people of note were entertained, among whom were 
Frederika Bremer, the Swedish writer; Fuller, Mackay, 
Harriet Martineau, N. P. Willis, William Cullen Bryant, 
Dorothea Dix, Edward Everett Hale, John Pierpont, 
Thackeray, My Lord of Morpeth, and Prince Achille 
Murat. In his collection of autographs the quiet, unob- 
trusive owner gained a world-wide renown. The home 
is now owned by Mrs. C. C. Walden, a daughter-in-law 
of the late Mr. Tefft. 

Washington House 

The house in which Washington was entertained dur- 
ing his visit to Savannah in May, 1791, stood on the north- 
west corner of State and Barnard streets. This building 
was torn down in the early eighties and the present Odd 
Fellows Hall was erected. 

Wetter Mansion 

Oglethorpe Avenue and West Broad Street. 
The powerful hand of trade swept away the grand 
old homes of the early days and has left but two relics 
of Yamacraw's former hospitality, the Scarborough and 
Wetter homes. The latter house, of brick and stucco, 
has broad upper and lower piazzas on three sides of the 
building, with a handsome iron railing, which has at inter- 
vals medallions of the Presidents of the United States. 
It is now used by the Savannah Female Orphan Associa- 
tion as an orphanage. 

Winkler Homestead 

The Winkler home, a fine old home in its day, stood 
on the corner of West Broad and Indian streets (now the 
notorious Pepper Hill locality). 

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BIRDSEYE VIEW, 




I OF SAVANNAH 



Yamacraw "West End" 
In the early clays (1766) Savannah had two suburbs. 
Yamacraw, including that portion of the city west of Jef- 
ferson street, north of South Broad (now Oglethorpe ave- 
nue), was for many years the red man's territory, and his 
rights were strictly respected, but at length it passed into 
the possession of the white man, and for years constituted 
the "West End" or aristocratic part of the city before 
the tide of civilization turned east and south. Trustees 
Gardens, at the east end of the city, was a place where 
the Trustees had a famous garden, where they experi- 
mented with the planting of trees and shrubs. 



HOSPITALS 

Park View Sanitarium — 918 Drayton street. Has train- 
ing school for nurses. 

St. Joseph's Hospital — 302 -24 Taylor, east. Instituted 
June, 1875. In charge of the Sisters of Mercy. Has train- 
ing school for nurses. 

Savannah Hospital — Huntingdon street, between Dray- 
ton and Abercorn streets. 

Telfair Hospital (for women and children) — 17 Park 
avenue, east. Built and endowed by Mrs. Mary Telfair 
Hodgson and Miss Mary Telfair. Has training school for 
nurses. 

United States Marine Hospital — 115 York street, east. 

Colored Hospitals 

Charity Hospital and Training Schools for Nurses — 
644 West Thirty-sixth street. 

Georgia Infirmary — 1909 Lincoln street. Has training 
school for nurses. 



HOTELS 

Belmont — 46 Drayton street. 

Sothern Hotel — 316 West Broad street. 

*De Soto Hotel — Bull and Liberty streets. 

Hicks' Hotel — 21 Congress street, west. 

Martinique, The — 4 Oglethorpe avenue, west. 

*Pulaski House — 6-10 Bryan street, west. 

*New Screven House — Bull and Congress streets. 

Working Men's (Salvation Army) — 409 Liberty, west. 

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ITEMS OF INTEREST 

Trees — In the early days, 1795, the city appropriated 
money for the planting of trees. The Pride of India (China 
Berry) being the favorite, was planted everywhere, a 
nursery being established for them. Citizens were re- 
quested to water and care for all trees, and a fine was 
•charged for any damage to the trees. In 1807 a Superin- 
tendent of Trees was appointed. 

In the old days the first alarm of fire was given by 
the ringing of the old City Exchange bell by the watch- 
man stationed in the cupola. Then the church bells rang 
and the watchmen on the streets fired pistols or muskets 
and calling "Fire! Fire!" throughout their beats. 

The first white child born in Georgia was named 
Close. It was given a silver spoon and boat by a Mr. 
Hume. 

"City of Savannah" 

The first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean was 
the "City of Savannah" under Capt. Moses Rogers. It 
left Savannah, Ga., May 20, 1819, and arrived in Liverpool, 
England June 20, 1819. 

Savannah has never had a bank failure. 

Savannah is the largest naval stores market in the 
world. 

Savannah is the largest cotton port on the Atlantic 
Ocean and the third largest in the world. 

Savannah is the third largest lumber port in the world. 

Savannah is the greatest military town, of its size, in 
the world. Six of its fourteen commands are over 100 
years old. 

Savannah will be nearer than any other great Ameri- 
can port to the Panama Canal when it is completed. 



LIBRARIES 

Savannah Public Library 

In 1903 the Georgia Historical Society loaned its 
books and building to the city for the purpose of estab- 
lishing a Public Library. The Library is supported by 
the city, has about 30,000 volumes, is open daily from 

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10:00 A. M. to 10:00 P. M. Sundays, from 5:00 to 8:00 
P. M. 

Catholic Library Association (Organized 1872.) 
228-232 Drayton Street. 

Young Men's Hebrew Association 
Bull and Jones streets. 

Colored Public Library 
516 Price street. 



MARKET 

City Market 

Barnard Street, from Congress to Bryan Streets. 

Has occupied present site since 1763. Present build- 
ing was erected 1870-72 at a cost of $75,590. Was first 
occupied June, 1872. The building is quite commodious, 
with ample ventilation, and is one of the places of interest 
to be visited by strangers, especially on Saturday evenings. 



MILITARY 

Savannah is very proud of her military organizations, 
and justly so, as she has some of the oldest military com- 
mands in the United States, and the military spirit has 
always been very strong. 

Chatham Artillery 

The Chatham Artillery is the oldest military company 
in continuous service in the United States, has answered 
every call to duty at all times since 1786, when it was 
organized, on May 1st; have in their possession two light 
brass field pieces presented to them by Gen. Washington 
in 1792, when President of the United States. These guns 
were surrendered by Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, 1781. 

Armory, 121 Bull street. 
First Regiment Infantry, National Guard of Georgia. 
The history of this command, as a part of the militia 
organization, goes back to the Revolutionary War. 

Armory, 611 Abercorn street. 

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Georgia Hussars 

First Squadron National Guard of Georgia "were or- 
ganized shortly after the war of 1812 by the consolidation 
of the Chatham Hussars and the Chatham Light Dragoons, 
the latter of which was an organized command as early as 
1781." 

Armory, 3 Liberty, west. 

Naval Militia 
Third Division Naval Militia of Georgia. 
Armory, Lincoln and Bay streets. Boat house, River 
street, foot of Abercorn street. 

Savannah Volunteer Guards 

Coast Artillery Corps, National Guard of Georgia. 
Oldest infantry corps in Georgia; was organized May, 1802. 
Armory, 5 Charlton street, east. 



MONUMENTS 

Bartow Monument 

Bronze bust on granite pedestal, now in Chippewa 
Square, facing south on Bull street; was erected to Gen. 
Francis S. Bartow, one of the South's distinguished sol- 
diers, who was killed at the battle of 'Manassas. The 
monument was erected by the city and by the Confederate 
Veterans' Association in 1900. 

Confederate Monument 

Stands in the center of the Parade Ground (Park Ex- 
tension). It was erected by the "Ladies' Memorial Asso- 
ciation" in memory of the Confederate soldiers who fell 
■during the war between the states. Erected 1875. 

Gordon Monument 

Erected in 1884 to the memory of William W. Gordon, 
first President of the Central Railroad and Banking Com- 
pany of Georgia. The monument was erected by the 
Company of which he was President, and stands in Wright 
Square, opposite Chatham County Court House. 
Greene Monument 

Erected to the memory of Gen. Nathaniel Greene, of 
Revolutionary fame. The corner stone was laid with 

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GREENE MONUMENT 



Masonic ceremonies, by Gen. Lafayette, March, 1825. In 
March, 1829, the monument was finally erected, but it was 
not until 1886 that the bronze tablets, with inscription, 
were placed upon the monument. The remains of Gen. 
Greene, with those of his son, George Washington Greene, 
were removed from the Colonial Cemetery and placed be- 
neath the monument in 1902, a bronze tablet, bearing the 
following inscription, commemorates the occasion: 

TO COMMEMORATE 

THE REINTERMENT OF THE 

REMAINS OF 

MAJOR GENERAL NATHANIEL GREENE 

BENEATH THIS SHAFT ON 
• NOVEMBER 14, 1902. 



THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY 

THE SAVANNAH CHAPTER 

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

The silver plate from his coffin is now in Hodgson 
Hall, the property of the Georgia Historical Society. 

This monument is in the center of Johnson Square, 
opposite Christ Church. 

Jasper Monument 

Erected to the memory of Sergt. William Jasper, who 
fell in the siege of Savannah, 9th October, 1779. Unveiled 
22nd February, 1888. Gen. John B. Gordon delivered the 
oration. President and Airs. Cleveland were among the 
guests of honor. Sculptor, Alex. Doyle. This monument 
is in the center of Madison Square, first square south of 
the De Soto Hotel, on Bull street. 

McLaws Monument 
Bronze bust on granite pedestal, in Chippewa Square, 
facing north on Bull street. Erected by the city and t'he 
Confederate Veterans' Association "in recognition of the 
distinguished and exalted character of Gen. Lafayette 
McLaws in public and private life" and to the memory 
of a most distinguished Confederate General. 

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PULASKI MONUMENT 



Pulaski Monument 

The corner stone to this monument was laid by Gen. 
Lafayette in 1825, in Chippewa Square, near the spot where 
Count Casimer Pulaski fell when leading the charge at 
the siege of Savannah, 9th October, 1779. The site, how- 
ever, was changed to Monterey Square, and the corner 
stone of the present monument was laid 11th October, 
1853. Sculptor, Robert E. Launitz. Pulaski was in com- 
mand of the regular cavalry during the siege of Savannah 
in 1779. He fell mortally wounded on the 9th October 
while at the head of his command. He was endeavoring 
to break through the British lines. He was taken to 
Greenwich, then the home of Mrs. Samuel Bowen. He 
died on the 11th October and was buried at night beneath 
a majestic palmetto. In 1854 his remains were disinterred 
and placed beneath his monument. Monterey Square is 
the first square on Bull street north of Forsyth Park. 

Tomo-Chi-Chi Monument 

The Mico of the Yamacraws and trusted friend of 
Gen. Oglethorpe died 5th October, 1739, aged 97 years. 
His is the first funeral procession recorded in the annals 
of the town. He was buried with military honors. Ogle- 
thorpe and William Stephens, then President of the Col-r 
ony, acted as pallbearers. Oglethorpe commanded that a 
""pyramid of stone, dug in the neighborhood, should be 
erected over his grave." On 27th April, 1899, there was 
unveiled a boulder that had been brought from the moun- 
tains of North Georgia, by the efforts of the Georgia 
Society Colonial Dames of America, and placed in Wright 
Square (opposite the Court House), near the supposed 
spot of the burial of Tomo-Chi-Chi. Thus was the great 
Indian Chief honored, even before the founder of the 
Colony. 



NEWSPAPERS 

The "Georgia Gazette" was the first newspaper in 
the State and the eighth to appear in the Colonies. The 
first copy was issued April 7th, 1763, and once a week 
thereafter. 

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At present the following are now published in the city: 
Chatham County Daily Record, 24 President, east. 
Cotton Record, 21 Provident Building. 
Cotton Trade Journal, 902 National Bank Building. 
Labor Herald, 107 Bay, east. 
Savannah Deutsche Zeitung, 44 Drayton. 
Savannah Weekly Naval Stores Review, Board of 
Trade Building. 

Savannah Morning News, 7 Whitaker. 
Savannah Press, 112 St. Julian, west. 



OLD CITY EXCHANGE 

An Exchange for the city was first suggested by 
Mayor Stephens in 1795, and on June 5th, 1799, the 
corner stone was laid by the Right Worshipful, the Hon. 
William Stephens, Grand Master of the Masons in the 
State of Georgia. The Hon. Matthew McAllister was 
Mayor at the time. A clock and bell were placed in the 
cupola of the Exchange in the early part of 1804. An 
order was passed May 28th, 1804, that from March 3rd 
to September 22nd the Exchange bell should ring at 9:00 
o'clock every night, and at 8:00 o'clock during the re- 
mainder of the year as a signal for closing places of 
business. The long room in the Exchange was used on 
many occasions for public meetings, for reception of dis- 
tinguished visitors and as a suitable place where the hon- 
ored dead might lie in state. Aaron Burr, Presidents Polk, 
Monroe and Filmore, Gen. Lafayette, Henry Clay, Daniel 
Webster and many other great men visited there and 
received the homage of the citizens. 

No building in Georgia had more historic memories 
clustered around it than this venerable edifice. In 1904 
the old Exchange was torn down and replaced by the 
present City Hall. 



ORPHANAGES 

Bethesda (House of Mercy) 

Orphan house for boys, founded by George Whitfield, 
rector of Christ Church parish and immediate successor 
to John Wesley. On the 25th March, 1740, the first brick 

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of the Orphan House was laid by Whitfield on a site about 
ten miles from Savannah, on the banks of the Burnside 
river. To it the first road in Georgia was cut from Savan- 
nah. Whitfield labored hard in behalf of his beloved 
orphanage, and through his eloquent and powerful ap- 
peals large sums were contributed, both in America and 
England. He was greatly assisted by Selina, Countess 
of Huntingdon, who, though she never came to the 
Colonies, collected, in England, great sums of money for 
the orphanage, both during Whitfield's lifetime and after 
his death, when she materially assisted James Habersham, 
who succeeded Whitfield in the management of Bethesda. 
A life-size portrait of Lady Huntingdon, attributed to Sir 
Joshua Reynolds, hangs, with the portraits of Whitfield 
and Habersham, from the balcony of the Georgia His- 
torical Society Building (Hodgson Hall). 

Bethesda is ten miles south of the city, on the Mont- 
gomery electric car line (see schedule in daily paper), and 
can also be reached by carriage or automobile, via one 
of the well-paved county roads, and is one of the beautiful 
drives around Savannah. Visitors are always welcome. Be- 
thesda is under the control of the Union Society, a benevo- 
lent association whose mission has been the care of the 
orphan and destitute. This society was instituted by five 
large-hearted men of five different religious denominations. 
The names of only three of these men have come down 
to us, Benjamin Sheftall, a Jew; Peter Tondee, a Catholic, 
and Richard Milledge, an Episcopalian. They styled them- 
selves the "St. George Club" and held their anniversary 
meetings on the 23rd April, the calendar day of England's 
patron saint, St. George. Just when the name was 
changed to the Union Society is not known, as the early 
records were destroyed by the British troops in 1782. It 
was incorporated by the State of Georgia on the 14th 
August, 1780. The annual meeting is still held on the 
23rd April, when the house and grounds are thrown open 
to visitors. This is the "oldest organized charity in 
America and is now supporting ninety-eight helpless little 
boys." 

Episcopal Orphans' Home 

309 Liberty street, west. Organized 1854. Number of 
orphans, 28. 

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CONFEDERATE MONUMENT 



St. Mary's Orphan Home (Catholic) 
1604 Habersham street. Established at White Bluff. 
Incorporated 20th January, 1887. Number of orphans, 65. 
Savannah Female Orphan Asylum 
423 Oglethorpe avenue, west. Instituted 23rd April, 
1750. Number of orphans, 50. 



COLORED ORPHANAGES 

Chatham Orphan Home 

26 Moore avenue 

St. Francis Orphan Home 

451 East Broad. Under the charge of the Franciscan 
Sisters. Number of orphans, 60. 



PARK EXTENSION, or MILITARY 
PARADE GROUND 

The parade ground of the volunteer soldiers of Savan- 
nah connects with Forsyth Park, and is owned by the 
military of the city. A monument to the Confederate dead 
is in the center. 



POLICE 

Headquarters — Police Barracks, Oglethorpe avenue 
and Habersham street. Phone 88. 

Regular force, 110 men. 

Ocean Steamship Company of Georgia force, 13 men. 

Atlantic Coast Line force, 15 men. 

Detective force, 5 men. 

Jail (County) — Habersham street, adjoins the Police 
Barracks on the south. 



PORT OFFICIALS 

Harbor Master — Office, City Hall, Bay street. 

Port Warden — Office, City Hall, Bay street. 

Pilots' Office— 20 Bay street, east. 

Commissioners of Pilotage — Meets at 2 Bay street, 
•east. 

Services at the bar furnished by steam pilot boat J. H. 
Estill. 

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POST OFFICE 

The main Post Office building is situated on President 
street from Bull to Whitaker, and is constructed entirely 
of Georgia marble. In Colonial times this site was occu- 
pied by the Court House. On the Whitaker street side* 
of the present building there is a bronze tablet bearing 
the following inscription: 

JOHN WESLEY 

PREACHED IN THE COURT HOUSE 

ERECTED BY OGLETHORPE 

ON THIS LOT 

FROM MAY 9, 1736, TO NOVEMBER 27, 1737 (O. S.) 

THIS TABLET IS HERE PLACED 

ON THE BI-CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTH 

JUNE 28, 1903. 

General Delivery Window open daily from 8:00 A. 
M. to 7:00 P. M. Sundays and holidays, from 10:00-11:00 
A. M. Letters not called for are advertised on Sunday. 
Letters are held for two weeks, after which they are sent 
to the Dead Letter Office in Washington, D. C. 

Money Order Department — Office open from 9:00 A. 
M. to 5:00 P. M. 

Registry Department — Open from 9:00 A. M. to 6:00 
P. M. 

Stamp Department — Window open daily, except Sun- 
day, from 8:00 A. M. to 6:30 P. M. 

Sub-Stations 

Number 1 — 20 Duffy street, west. 

Number 2 — 102 Liberty street, west. 

Number 3 — 102 Broughton street, east. 

Number 4 — 416 West Broad street. 

Number 5 — Whitaker and Fortieth. 

Number 6 — 1401 Habersham. 



RESTAURANTS 

Barbour, P. D. & Bro.— 418 West Broad, 35 Whitaker 
Sothern Hotel— 316 West Broad. 

De Soto Hotel — Bull and Liberty streets (ladies and 
gentlemen). 

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Hicks, R. M. — 23 Congress street, west (ladies and 
gentlemen). 

Martinique, The — 4 Oglethorpe avenue, west (ladies 
and gentlemen). 

Union Station Restaurant — Union Station (ladies and 
gentlemen). 



ICE CREAM PARLORS 

Belsinger — 12 Broughton street, west. 

Conida's— 135-139 Bull street. 

Jerry George — 114 Broughton street, west. 



SCHOOLS 

Public and Private 

Anderson Street School — 412 Anderson street, east. 

Barnard Street School — Corner Barnard and Taylor 
streets. 

Cathedral School — Corner Perry and Abercorn streets. 

Chatham School, No. 1 and No. 2 (Chatham Academy 
Building) — Bull and Oglethorpe avenue. 

Convent and Academy, Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy 
— 107-119 Liberty, east. 

Pape School — 906 Drayton street (private). 

Henry Street School — 115 Henry street, east. 

Massie School — Gordon and Abercorn streets. 

Morton's School for Boys — 115 Park avenue, west 
(private). 

St. Patrick's School — Montgomery and President 
streets. 

Somerville School (Boys) — 808 Drayton (private). 

Thirty-eighth Street School — Thirty-eighth and Jef- 
ferson. 

Kindergartens 

Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten Association of Sa- 
vannah, Ga. 

Kindergartens and Normal School. 

Misses Lyons and Broughton Private Kindergarten — 1 
Park avenue, east. 

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Colored 

Beach Institute— 320 Price. 
Duffy Street School — 624 Duffy, west. 
East Broad Street School — East Broad and Gaston. 
Haven Industrial Home and School — 614 Anderson, 
west. 

Maple Street School*— 563 Maple street. 
West Broad Street School — 41 West Broad. 

Industrial Schools (Colored) 

Chippewa Park Model Farm and Domestic Service 
School — Two -and a half miles on the White Bluff road. 

Georgia Industrial College for Colored Youths — Ter- 
minus of the Thunderbolt trolley line. 



SOCIETIES 

Medical 
Georgia Medical Society — Meets at De Soto Hotel. 
Graduate Nurses' Association of Savannah — 116 
Huntingdon, east. 

Ministerial 
Ministerial Association of Savannah. 

Musical 

Frohsim Singing Society — 315 Congress, west. 
Savannah Music Club — Meets at the Lawton Memorial. 

Patriotic 

Society of Colonial Wars in Georgia — 20 Drayton 
street. 

Confederate Veterans' Association — Meets Armory 
Hall. 

Georgia Society Colonial Dames of America — Meets 
in April at De Soto Hotel. 

Georgia Society of the Cincinnati — Annual meeting 
22nd February. 

Georgia Society Daughters of the American Revolu- 
tion. Two Chapters in the city, Savannah Chapter and 
the Lachlin Mcintosh Chapter. 

Georgia Society of the Sons of the Revolution — An- 
nual meeting, February. 

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United Daughters of the Confederacy— Meets at 
Armory Hall. 

Port 

Savannah Port Society — 303 St. Julian street, east. 



CLUBS 

Athletic 

Baseball — Savannah Baseball Association. South At- 
lantic League. Park on Thunderbolt trolley line. 

Boating — Savannah Motor Boat Club, Thunderbolt. 

Bowling — Young Men's Bowling Club. Alleys ad- 
joining Golf Club, on Thunderbolt car line, one mile from 
city. 

Golf — Savannah Golf Club — Links, one mile from city 
on Thunderbolt car line adjoining Cathedral Cemetery. 
The links are among the finest in the South. 

Gun and Rifle 

Chatham Hunt Club. 

Forest City Gun Club — Club house on Thunderbolt 
car line, one station beyond the Bowling Club. 

Savannah Military Rifle Range Association — Practice 
grounds on Thunderbolt car line, next station after the 
Gun Club. Savannah Rifle Association was organized 
17th September, 1875. 

Racing 

Savannah Jockey Club — Headquarters De Soto Hotel. 

Yacht 

Savannah Yacht Club — Club House at Thunderbolt. 
Business 

Advertising Club of Savannah — Address Press Build- 
ing. 

Commercial Travelers — Savannah Council No. 336, 
United Commercial Travelers — Odd Fellows Hall. 

Hotel — Savannah Hotel Men's Association — Address 
Manager De Soto Hotel. 

Travelers' Protective Association — Post A — Screven 
House. 

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Social 
Elks' Home— 12 Oglethorpe avenue, west. 
Georgia Hussars — 3 Liberty, west. 

German Club of Savannah— Club house on the Mont- 
gomery car line, between the Casino and Sandfly Station. 
Harmonie Club — 4 Jones, east. 
Huntingdon Club — 10 Liberty, west. 
Irish-American Friendly Society— 120 Bryan, east. 
Oglethorpe Club — 6 Broughton, east. 
Savannah Volunteer Guards Club — 340 Bull. 
Woman's Club — See Huntingdon Club. 



STATISTICS OF COMMERCE 

Savannah is one of the most important commercial 
centers in the South. It is the most important seaport 
on the Atlantic coast south of Baltimore. The govern 
merit has spent over $8,000,000 k on its harbors. It is the 
greatest naval stores port in the world. The net receipts 
for the year ending March 31, 1909, were: Spirits, 262,419; 
rosin, 899,970. It is the largest cotton port on the Atlantic, 
having handled during 1908 1,531,502 bales of upland and 
sea island cotton. It is one of the most important lumber 
ports of the country. In one season 230,000,000 feet were 
handled here. It is one of the South's leading banking 
centers, and has never had a bank failure. Bank clearings 
average a million dollars a day. Its manufacturing in- 
dustries have doubled in Ave years. It is a terminal for 
foreign and coastwise steamship lines. The terminals of 
the Seaboard Air Line Railway on Hutchinson's Island, 
opposite the city, contain the longest dock in the world. 
The ferry boat to these terminals leaves every half hour 
from wharf foot of Whitaker street. 



STEAMBOAT COMPANIES. WHARVES 

Augusta and Savannah Line — River street, foot of 
Barnard street. 

Beaufort and Savannah Line — River street, foot of 
Abercorn street. 

Bluffton and Savannah Line — 26-28 Whitaker street, 
north. Steamer "Louise" leaves for Bluffton at 10:00 A. 

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M. Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Returning, leaves 
Bluffton, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. Fare, $1.00 for 
round trip. Phone 823. 

Consolidated Boat Company — 26-28 Whitaker street, 
north. 

For Baltimore and Philadelphia. 580 River Street, west. 
Merchants and Miners Transportation Company. 

The E. & W. belt line trolley transfers to the Indian 
street line at Bay and West Broad, which goes within a 
short distance of the dock. Carriage fare, 50 cents each 
passenger. Trunks, 25 cents each. 

Sailing Days — For Baltimore, Tuesday, Thursday and 
Saturday, 4:00 P. M. (Central Standard Time). For Phila 
delphia, Wednesday and Saturday. 

Savannah Line (Ocean Steamship Company) — New York 

and Boston 

The E. & W. belt line transfers to the Indian street 
car, which goes within a half mile of the passenger dock. 
Vehicles are allowed on the wharf. Tariff: Cabs, 50 
cents each passenger; trunks, 25 cents each. 

Sailing Days — New York, Tuesday, Thursday and 
Saturday, at 3:00 P. M., Eastern Time; Boston, Monday 
and Thursday, at 3:00 P. M., Eastern Time. 



STREETS 

Named for Eminent Persons Connected With the History 

of Savannah 

Streets running north and south: 

Abercorn — For Rt. Hon. James, Earl of Abercorn, 
benefactor of the colony. 

Barnard — For Sir John Barnard, contributor to the 
Trustee's Fund. 

Bull — For Col. William Bull, Governor of South Caro- 
lina, a friend of Oglethorpe. 

Drayton — For Thomas and Mrs. Anne Drayton, of 
South Carolina, who aided the colonists. 

Habersham — For James Habersham, President of the 
Royal Council, 1771. 

Jefferson — For Thomas Jefferson. 

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Lincoln — For Gen. Benjamin Lincoln, who, with Counl 
D'Estaing, conducted the siege of Savannah in 1779, and 
Commander of the Southern Department of the American 
army, 1778-79. 

Tattnall — For Josiah Tattnall, patriot and soldier, Gov- 
ernor of Georgia in 1800. 

Whitaker — For a South Carolinian who aided the 
colonists. 

Streets running east and west: 

Broughton — For Lieutenant Governor of South Caro- 
lina, a friend of Oglethorpe. 

Huntingdon — For Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, 
patroness of Bethesda. 

Jones — For Maj. John Jones, who was killed at the 
siege of Savannah, 1779. 

Macon— -For Nathanial Macon, of North Carolina, a 
Revolutionary patriot. 

St. Julian — For James St. Julian, of South Carolina, 
friend of the colonists. 

Taylor — For President Zachary Taylor. 

York — For the Duke of York. 



SUBURBAN RESORTS 

Beaulieu 

Is indeed beautifully situated upon a bluff on the 
Vernon river, about seven miles from the ocean and in 
view of Montgomery. It is composed entirely of summer 
homes of residents of Savannah. It was originally a plan- 
tation of 500 acres, granted to William Stephens, President 
of the Colonial Council, and confirmed by Gen. Oglethorpe 
19th April, 1738. Beaulieu, named from the Duke of 
Montague's manor in the New Forest, is a half-mile walk 
from the station on the Montgomery trolley line. 

Isle of Hope 
This delightful resort is on the Skidaway river, rix 
and a half miles from Savannah, and is reached either by 
the electric car or by well-paved roads, which forms part 
of the International Automobile Race Course. The island 
is in the form of a horseshoe and the river abounds in 
fish, crabs, oysters and shrimp. Motor boats, sail boats 

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and row boats may be hired, together with fishing lines, 
and a day of fine fishing may thus be enjoyed, as some 
of the best fishing in this section is to be had in the 
vicinity of the Isle of Hope. At Barbee's restaurant r 
good fish lunch or dinner can be had at any hour. A 
dance pavilion and bath house is also attached to Barbee's 
restaurant. The early settlement of the Isle of Hope dates 
back to about the year 1737, and many of the prominent 
families of Savannah have their summer homes there. 
"Wimberly" was built by the late Col. J. H. Estill and is 
now owned by Mr. George W. Tiedeman. It was occupied 
during the winter of 1909 by Dr. William T. Bull, who. 
suffering from an incurable disease, came South to escape 
the intense cold of the Northern winter. He died here 
in February, 1909. The "Wimberly" estate is at the ex- 
treme end of the island and contains ninety acres of high 
land and eleven acres of marsh lands, besides Burnt Pot 
Island, with its private oyster beds. 

Jasper Springs 
Two miles from the city, on the Augusta road, one 
of the well-paved County roads, is the spot where Sergeant 
Jasper and his companion (Newton) rescued the American 
prisoners from a British guard during the Revolutionary 
War. It is visited for its historic association with that 
daring act of gallantry, and the spring has been known 
ever since as "Jasper's Spring." The Savannah Chapter 
Daughters of the American Revolution have erected a 
bronze tablet to commemorate Jasper's bravery, and have 
also erected a shed to preserve the spring from falling 
into ruin. 

Montgomery 

Montgomery was settled in 1801; is one of the most 
beautiful and delightful resorts in the neighborhood of 
Savannah. It is situated on the Vernon river, ten miles 
from the city, and is reached by the Montgomery trolley 
line (also by the County roads) that goes by Bethesda, 
and which is one of the favorite automobile rides in the 
vicinity of Savannah. This resort is particularly noted 
for its grand old oaks, chief among them being the "Ogle- 
thorpe oak," so called because Gen. Oglethorpe is said 
to have eaten breakfast sitting beneath the stately branches 

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of this noble tree. Several of the citizens of Savannah 
have cottages here for the summer. Visitors in search 
of a pleasant country place in the vicinity of Savannah 
will find accommodations at Mrs. West's house. 

Thunderbolt 

Deservedly popular with the citizens of Savannah, as 
with strangers, is on a branch of the Warsaw river, about 
four miles from the city. It is reached by the Thunder- 
bolt electric car line and by the Dale avenue and Thun- 
derbolt driveways. According to local tradition, the place 
received its name from the fall of a thunderbolt and the 
gushing forth of a spring from the spot where the bolt 
struck. The Savannah Yacht Club and the Motor Boat 
Club have their club houses at Thunderbolt. At Kidwell's 
station motor boats may be rented by the hour or day. 
Bannon Lodge is famous for its fish dinners. Here any 
sort of sea food is served in the various and tempting 
Southern style, and no less famous are "Mrs. Bannon's 
hot rolls," which can be had, with coffee, at any hour. 
This popular restaurant is a great favorite with all visitors, 
and is known all over the United States. 

The Casino at the extreme point of the bluff is owned 
by the Savannah Electric Company. 

White Bluff 

Is another charming resort on the Vernon river, about 
nine miles from the city. Like Beaulieu, it is composed 
chiefly of summer homes. White Bluff is not on the car 
line, and is reached only by carriage or automobile. The 
White Bluff road is decidedly the most beautiful drive 
around Savannah. Several miles of this road was used 
for the International Automobile Race Course, Novem- 
ber. 1909. 



SQUARES 

Going South from Bay Street 

On Abercorn street: 

Reynolds — Named for Capt. John Reynolds, first royal 
Governor, 1754-56. 

Oglethorpe — Named for the founder of the Colony. 

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WHITE BLUFF ROAD 



Lafayette — Named for Gen. Lafayette. 

Calhoun — Named for John C. Calhoun, of South Car- 
olina. 

On Barnard street: 

Ellis— Named for the Colonial Governor Ellis, 1757-59 
(Market Square). 

St. James — Named for the Palace of St. James; 
changed to Telfair Place, 1883. 

Orleans — Named to commemorate American victory 
at New Orleans, 1815. 

Pulaski — Named for Count Pulaski. 

Chatham — Named for the Earl of Chatham, a friend 
of the colonists. 

On Bull street: 

Johnson — Named for Gov. Johnson, friend of Ogle- 
thorpe, the first square laid out. In the center a sun dial 
was erected for the use of the people. Monument to 
Nathaniel Greene. 

Wright (Court House Square) — Named for Gov. 
Wright, the last of the Royal Governors. Contains Gor- 
don monument and a boulder to Tomo-Chi-Chi. 

Chippewa — Named for battle of Chippewa, 1813 (The- 
ater Square). Bartow and McLaws monuments. 

Madison — Named for President Madison. Jasper mon- 
ument. 

Monterey — In memory of America's victory at Mon- 
terey, Mexico, 1846. Monument to Pulaski in center. 

On Habersham street. 

Warren — Named for Gen. Warren, who was killed at 
Bunker Hill. 

Columbia — Poetic title for the United States. 

Troup — Named for Gov. George Troup. 

Whitfield — Named for George Whitfield, the founder 
of Bethesda. 

On Houston street: 

Washington — Named for Gen. Washington. 

Greene — Named for Gen. Nathaniel Greene. 

Crawford — Named for William H. Crawford. 

On Montgomery street: 

Franklin — Named for Benjamin Franklin. 

Liberty — To commemorate freedom from British rule. 

Elbert — Named for Samuel Elbert, Governor of Geor- 
gia, 1785. 

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TELFAIR ACADEMY OF ARTS AND 

SCIENCES 

The Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Telfair 
Place (St. James' Square), is a gift to the City of Savan- 
nah from Miss Mary Telfair, with $100,000, for the pur- 
pose of founding an art academy, which was opened in 
1885. 

In the front of the building are large statues of 
Rubens, Raphael, Angelo, Phideas and Rembrandt. Open 
daily from 10:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. Sundays, from 
1:00 to 5:00 P. M. (Twenty-five cents entrance fee.) 

The present building, which was the home of the 
distinguished Telfair family, was erected about 1819, and 
was left for the above stated purpose on condition that 
neither the interior plans nor the exterior color of the 
house be changed. It occupies the site of the mansion 
of Sir James Wright, Colonial Governor, where he was 
arrested and kept a prisoner until he made his escape to 
Bonaventure in 1776 and was sent by his friend Mulryne 
to the "Scarborough," a British man-of-war lying at 
anchor in the river. 



THEATERS. 

The Savannah Theater 

The Savannah Theater was erected in 1818. First 
performance December 4th, 1818, Chery's comedy, "The 
Soldier's Daughter." It is said to be the oldest theater 
in the United States. 

Bijou Theater 

No. Ill Congress street, east. 

Vaudeville Theaters 
Cozy — No. 9 York, street, west. 

Orpheum — No. 120 East Broughton street, near Aber- 
corn street. 



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TRANSPORTATION 

Cabs and Baggage 

Carriages can be secured at the Union Station and all 
hotels. 

Rates of Fare 

Cabs: For each passenger from one point to another 
within the city, 25 cents. 

From steamship wharfs (O. S. S. Co. and M. and M. 
T. Go., each passenger, 50 cents. 

By the hour: One dollar an hour or fraction thereof. 

For cab to Isle of Hope and return, $4.00. 

For cab to Thunderbolt and return, $3.00 

For cab to Bonaventure and return, $2.00. 

For cab to Hermitage and return, $2.00. 

The Savannah Baggage and Cab Company is the 
authorized baggage express at the Union Station and 
Ocean Steamship Company wharf. 

Rate to any point of the city, 25 cents per trunk. 



LIVERY STABLES 

Carriages 

E. C. Gleason & Co., 104 East Bryan street. 

A. W. Harmon, 110 East McDonough street. 

John Feeley's Sons, 222 Drayton street. 

Savannah Baggage and Cab Co., West Broad street 
(Union Station). 

Younglove & Sipple, 67 West Broad street. 

Butner's Stables, Oglethorpe avenue and West Broad 
street. 



AUTOMOBILES 

Auto Sales and Livery Company, 5 Liberty, east. 
Taxicab 

Savannah Taxicab Company, 214-18 Broughton, east. 
Tariff, 50 cents first mile, 10 cents each additional quarter 
of a mile; $3.00 per hour. 

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TYBEE ISLAND 

Tybee, a most popular summer resort, is an island on 
the Atlantic coast, eighteen miles from the city. The 
Central of Georgia Railroad owns and operates a train 
service the entire year, an excellent schedule being main- 
tained during the summer season. With its magnificent 
beach, extending five miles in length, refreshing sea 
breezes and delightful surf bathing, Tybee affords attrac- 
tions that are unexcelled by any other sea coast island. 
Boats of all classes are to be rented during the winter 
and summer months, and the back river affords oppor- 
tunities for fine fishing and sailing. Being essentially a 
summer resort, it is only during this season that the res- 
taurants are open and balls are given on the pavilions. 
During July, 1909, the large and beautiful Tybee Hotel 
was burnt and the island suffered a severe loss. The 
hotel is, however, to be rebuilt during the present year. 

St. Michael's Church (Catholic) is centrally located to 
the rear of the Atlantic Club House. Services are held 
every Sunday morning at 9:30 during the summer. 

The Fresh Air Home, for sick children, conducted by 
the Froebel Circle of King's Daughters, is the first station 
to the south of the. church. 

On the north end of the island are situated Fort 
Screven (United States Coast Artillery), the Lighthouse 
and the Martello Tower. 

Historical Sketch 

"Tybee Island is noted in American history as the 
scene of the first capture of a British vessel by an Ameri- 
can commissioned man-of-war at the commencement of 
our Revolutionary struggle. In the spring of 1775 a ship 
sailed from London with powder for the use of the Royal- 
ists at Savannah. Forty armed men were sent in barges 
by Carolina to intercept her. A British armed schooner 
arrived at Tybee to protect the powder ship on her arrival 
and cover the delivery of the cargo. The Provincial Con- 
gress of Georgia, hearing of these movements, armed 
a schooner, and, commissioning her, put her under com- 
mand of Capts. Bowen and Joseph Habersham, with in- 
structions to run off or capture the British armed vessel. 

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On the approach of the American schooner the British 
schooner stood out to sea and the American lay off Tybee. 
On the 10th July, 1775, the powder ship appeared in the 
offing, but suspicions being excited on board, her captain 
(Maitland) tacked and put to sea again. The American 
schooner pursued, and with the aid of the South Carolina 
barges, captured her and secured sixteen thousand pounds 
of powder, nine thousand pounds of which fell to the 
share of Georgia. Five thousand pounds of this powder 
were sent to the patriots near Boston, Mass.," and was 
used at the Battle of Bunker Hill. 

Lighthouse 

The first lighthouse on Tybee was begun in 1733, un- 
der Oglethorpe's direction; was designed to be "twenty- 
five feet square at the base, ninety feet high and ten feet 
each way at the top," to be constructed "of the best pine, 
strongly timbered, raised upon cedar piles and brick work 
around the bottom." 

The present substantial lighthouse, built under the 
auspices of the government, is 144 feet high, the highest 
lighthouse between Charleston and St. Augustine, Fla. 

Martello Tower 

There is a structure on Tybee Island commonly called 
the Martello Tower, generally supposed to be in reality an 
ancient Spanish building. Several times the true history 
of this edfiice has been told in print, but the idea still 
prevails that it is of Spanish origin, and that it is very 
old. This idea probably grew out of its resemblance to 
the forts, or watch towers, to which the name Martello has 
been given. This fort was erected at a cost of about 
$7,000.00 by the United States during the war with England 
from 1812-1815, and the work was superintended by a citi- 
zen of Savannah, who secured the contract for its erection 
according to specifications prepared in Washington. Thai 
citizen was Mr. Isaiah Davenport. As evidence of this 
Mr. Davenport had in his possession during his lifetime, 
and left with his family at his death, portions of the skele- 
ton of a whale found in excavating for the foundation for 
the fort. One of the vertebrae was owned by his son, 
Capt. Archibald C. Davenport, and after his death his 

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widow presented it to the Georgia Historical Society. It 
is now in Hodgson Hall. The fort, still the property of 
the United States, is on Fort Screven reservation. It 
has been converted into a two-rtory house, and is the 
home of Mrs. Evans, the Postmistress of Tybee Island. 

Vern r n View 

Vernon View is located on Burnside Island, about 
nine miles from the city. Burnside is an island of about 
1,400 acres and is right off of Beaulieu, near Montgomery, 
and only a short distance from Ferguson avenue, the 
magnificent paved road built for the automobile races and 
known as one of the finest roads in the world, made 
famous by the Grand Prize Race. The island has a mag- 
nificent water frontage of several miles, and is surrounded 
on three sides by very wide and bold salt water rivers, 
with the ocean only a few miles away. It has a fine 
high bluff, and is well wooded. The station, on the 
Montgomery trolley line, is only about a half mile from 
the island. 




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INDEX 



Abraham's Home 14 

Armory Hall 32 

Augusta 25 

Automobiles 65 

Automobile Trips 25 

Banks 6 

Bannon Lodge 61 

Bartow Monument 43 

Beaufort (S. C.) 3-26 

Beaufort and Savannah Line 26 

Beaulieu . 59 

Benedictine Hall 32 

Berrien House 32 

Bethesda 15-48 

Board of Trade 24 

Boarding Houses 6 

Bonaventure 7 

British Headquarters, 1779 33 

Building and Loan Association 6 

Bull, Dr. William 59 

Bulloch Residence 33 

Bulloch Vault 13 

Burr, Aaron 35-48 

Car Lines (Street) 26-27-28 

Catholic Cemetery 10 

Catholic Library Association 32-42 

Cemeteries 7 

Census 5 

Chamber of Commerce 25 

Chatham Artillery 9-42 

Chatham Artillery Hall 32-42 

Charitable Institutions 14 

Chronological History 15 

Churches 17-18 

City Hall 19 

Clay, Henrv 48 

Climate 20 

Clubs 55-57 

Colonial Houses 32 

Colonial Park 11 

Commerce, Statistics 57 

Confederate Monument 43 

Consulates 23 

Cotton Exchange 24 

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Cotton Gin / 16-22 

Court House 14 

Custom House 14 

Daffin Park Car Line 28 

Davis, Jefferson 34 

Depots 24 

De Renne Home 34 

De Soto Hotel 40 

Docks 28-57-58 

England, Bishop 33 

Estill, J. H. (Pilot Boat) 51 

Exchanges 24 

Excursions, Steamboats 25 

Express Companies 28 

Fire Alarm Stations 29 

Fire Department 28-29 

First Regiment Infantry, National Guard of Ga 42 

First White Child Born in Georgia 41 

Florence Crittenden Mission 14 

Forsyth, John 31 

Forsyth Park _ 27-31-51 

Georgia Historical Society 16-17-27-31 

Georgia Hussars 43 

Gibbons Home 34 

Gordon House 34 

Gordon Monument 43 

Grain Exchange 24 

Greene. Gen. Nathaniel 11-12-16-22-45 

Green Mansion . . . t 34 

Greene Monument 43 

Greeenwich , 20 

Halls 32 

I I arbor Master 51 

The 1 1 ermitage 20-22 

Hibernian Hall 32 

Historic House 32 

I I odgson Hall 32 

1 1 ome for the Aged 14 

1 1 ospitals 40 

Hotels 40 

I luntingdori. Countess 49 

I ce Cream Parlors 53 

Indian Street Car Line 28 

Irish- American F. S. Hall 32 

Isle of Hope Hope 59 

Isle of Hope Car Line 27 

I. O. U. A. M. Hall 32 

Jail 26 

Jasper, Sergeant 60 

Jasper Monument 45 

Jasper Springs 60 

Jewish Cemetery 13 

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Kent House 35 

Kindergartens 53 

Lafayette, General 16-86-45-48 

Laurel Grove Cemetery 13 

Lawton Memorial 32 

Lee. General R. E 5-16-17 

Libraries 17-27-32-41-42 

Little Sisters of the Poor (See Home for the Aged) 

Livery Stables 65 

Louisa Porter Home 14 

Low House 35 

Malbone, Edward 12 

Market 42 

Martello Tower 67 

Masonic Temple 32 

McCall, Hugh 12 

Mcintosh, General 12 

McLaws Monument 45 

Military 42 

Military Parade Ground 51 

Mill-Haven Car Line 28 

Monroe, President 48 

Montmolin House 35 

Montgomery \ 27-60 

Monuments 43 

Mulberry Grove 22 

Mulryne Familv 9 

Naval Militia 43 

New Screven House 40 

Newspapers 47-48 

Odd Fellows' Hall 32 

Oglethorpe, General 3-47-59 

Oglethorpe's Tent 3-15 

Orphanages 37 

Park, Forsyth 27-31-48-51 

Park Extension 51 

Pilot's Office 51 

Plantation Homes 20 

Police 51 

Port Society 55 

Port Warden 51 

Post Office ( Main) 52 

Post Office (Sub-Stations) 52 

Provost, General 33 

Pulaski, Count 20 

Pulaski Fort 5 

Pulaski House 40 

Pulaski Monument 16-47 

Raleigh, Sir Walter 15 

Regimental Halls 

Resorts 26-59 

Restaurants 52-53 

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Roosevelt, Theodore / 13 

Saltzburgers 15 

Salvation Army 40 

Savannah, Meaning of 3 

Savannah, History of 3 

Savannah Volunteer Guards 32-43 

Winkler Homestead 37 

Woman's Exchange 24 

Wormsloe 23 

Yamacraw Indians 3-40 

V. M. C. A 32 

Y. W. C. A 32 

Scarborough House . 36 

Schools (Public and Private) 53 

Seaman's Bethel 55 

Serpent Monument 12 

Sherman Headquarters 34 

Smetz, Alexander 36 

Societies 54 

Squares 61-63 

Stations, R. R 24 

Steamboat, Companies, Wharves 57 

Steamboat, Excursions 25 

Steamship (First) 16-41 

Steamship Docks 57-58 

Streets 58 

Suburban Resorts 59 

Taft, President 34 

Tattnall, Commodore 10 

Taxicabs 65 

Tefft, I. K 37 

Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences 64 

Theaters 64 

Thunderbolt 26-61 

Tomo-Chi-Chi ' 3 

Tomo-Chi-Chi Monument 47 

Tondee's Tavern 4-15 

Transportation 65 

Trolley Rides 26 

Tybee Island 4-66 

Union Society 49 

Vaudeville Theaters 64 

Vernon View 68 

Washington, George 16-22-37 

Wesley, John 15-18 -35 

Wetter Mansion 37 

Wharves 57 

White Bluff 61 

Whitfield, George 12- 15- 18-35 48 

Whitney, Eli 16-22 

Widows' Home 14 

Wimberly 60 

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